timeline project

Creation of the Greek alphabet

1000 BCE

It took a long time to write the alphabet. They did a lot of things differently. they added vowels and repurposed consonants and had distinct letter shapes. It impacted literacy everywhere. It made it so everyone could communicate properly in the time and influenced many other places when creating their own alphabet.

Olympics

776 BCE

The Olympics were held at Olympia because the gods they worshiped lived on Mount Olympia and the games were to honor Zeus. The players needed to be young and needed to be free and they needed to pray to Zeus that they had been training for 10 months. any one who won the Olympics was considered a hero. These games were important because they helped people come together.

Black figure pottery

700 BCE

Greeks would paint the pottery they created with scenes that were their daily life or for their religion. they were used for many different things. they were important because it was a great advancement in art for the Greeks and they continued the style but changed it just a little bit. it showed their culture and what they enjoyed.

Air conditioning

548 BCE

The Persians created a way to make being inside buildings more tolerable with a way to somewhat control the temperature inside. They created wind towers that created natural ventilation and were using different techniques and materials when building to try and stop hot air from getting inside. it set the pace for later developments of climate control and it showed their advancements in thinking.

Babylon

539 BCE

Cyrus the Great captured Babylon. when he does take over he releases all Jews from captivity. no one has a real answer on why he did It or what his motives were. this changed and shaped history for specifically Jewish people as it marked and significant turning point for them. it also shows what the Persian empire was like.

Cyrus cylinder

539 BCE

people call it the First Bill of rights. it isn't exactly that but it did declare people freedom. it declared that anyone captive could return to their homeland and pursue their own religion. this had a long-lasting effect on the history of Jews. but also for many others as people were being treated as people no matter what they believe in.

pythagorean theorem

539 BCE

Pythagoras was the man who was given the credit for figuring out this mathematical discovery even though he did not test it himself. The Greeks are given this title because of how well they documented everything. this changed the mathematical world and created better understanding and development.

Democracy

508 BCE

The Athens create a democracy. They let men who were free vote and participate in political choices. This was important because it changed the way people looked at government. It influenced many different places to do the same.

The royal road

500 BCE

it was a road that connected the Persian empire. it created better communication and transport and more trade. it was a a big structural development for its time. it showed how big of a success the empire really was.

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

Persians tried to invade Greece because they were encouraging the revolts in areas of the empire. It was located on a beach in Marathon. The Greeks won the battle because the Persians were not on home base and were outnumbered. Greece stayed independent from the Persians for the time being. It was important because it marked the turning point of the war.

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE

Persians were attacking Greece and were able to defeat them. The Greeks were severely outnumbered and were all killed in battle. even though the Persians won this did not mean that they would win the war. because all the Greeks fought until they were dead including the king it gave Greece time to prepare. this battle shaped how people thought about Greece it shows how much resilience they had through it all and that is what stuck with people which is why it is so significant.

Battle of Salamis

480 BCE

this battle was fought in water. it was the Persians against the Greeks. The Greeks won the battle after sinking many Persian ships as their navy was better than most because of the way that the empire was set up. this battle showed how superior the greeks navy was. this was a turning point for the Greeks as it shut off supplies getting the Persians on land. this helped the Greeks not get invaded by the Persians.

battle of Plataea

479 BCE

this was one of the first battles that the Greeks won against the Persians with their unique military style they forced the Persians to retreat when they tried to attack by staying in formation and marching towards them. it ended the Persian threat to mainland Greece and continued Greece's independence. it also showed how effective Greek military tactics were.

The plague of Athens

430 BCE

It happened during the Peloponnesian War. This outbreak killed many and because there were a lot of people in one area surrounded by walls it spread quickly no one knew how to fix people believed that one-third of there population was killed. this is important because it changed the power dynamic and cost them the war.

Calendar

400 BCE

The Mayans created a 365-day calendar. it had 18 months each being 20 days long with an extra 5 days that they said were bad in some way. they had multiple types of calendars. this shows how advanced they were as a civilization. they excelled in mathematics and astronomy. this helped them create the calendar.

Socrates put on trial

399 BCE

Socrates was put on trial because people did not like his way of teaching or thinking. he felt that they were corrupting the youth and he wanted them to have critical thinking and decide for themselves if they believed in the gods. he was killed because he refused to compromise because he believed he should have philosophical freedom. this date is important because you see that they had freedom to a certain point and if you weren't like everyone else you were killed or exiled.

Academy in Athens

387 BCE

Plato created this school. it wasnt a strict curriculum it was for people who wanted to learn more under the guidance of Plato. it focused on philosophical inquiry, mathematical studies, community and discourse, and transmission of knowledge. it influenced people's philosophical development.

Alexander the Great

336 BCE

He had taken his father's spot after he was killed. he had great control of Greece because his military was so powerful. he had a 13-year-long reign before he died. He grew his empire with his new military tactics. He solved internal conflicts. Many call him the king of Greece but that was not accurate because Greece was a city-state that had its own government. Alexander greatly influenced the military world a lot.

Lyceum

334 BCE

Aristotle created a school after teaching Alexander the Great. it was located just outside of the Athens wall. It focused on logic and philosophy, natural sciences, ethics and politics, and metaphysics. This school was very important because it shaped how many generations thought and used logic. it influenced many even after he died and changed many people for the better.

decline of Greece

323

Alexander the Great died and when he died the empire was the world's largest. this slowly went away after he died. there was intense conflict and because they were not unified they began to split. they could not do trade with anyone because of the sucessions that were happening all around them and their economy crashed because of this. this marks the point when Greece starts to fall and eventually fades away.