Timeline of major events in ancient Greece?

3000 BCE: Minoan Civilization begins on Crete.

* 2700 BCE: Minoan palaces built at Knossos and Phaestos.

* 2000 BCE: Mycenaean civilization begins on the Greek mainland.

* 1600 BCE: Minoan civilization ends with a natural disaster.

* 1400 BCE: Mycenaean civilization reaches its peak.

* 1200 BCE: Mycenaean civilization collapses with the invasion of the Dorians.

* 1100 BCE: Greek Dark Ages begin.

* 800 BCE: Greek Dark Ages end with the rise of the city-states.

* 776 BCE: First Olympic Games held.

* 508 BCE: Athenian democracy is established.

* 492 BCE: Persian Wars begin.

* 480 BCE: Battle of Salamis.

* 479 BCE: Battle of Plataea.

* 431 BCE: Peloponnesian War begins.

* 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens, ending the Peloponnesian War.

* 338 BCE: Alexander the Great conquers Greece.

* 323 BCE: Alexander the Great dies.

* 301 BCE: Seleucus I Nicator founds the Seleucid Empire.

* 275 BCE: Antigonus II Gonatas founds the Antigonid dynasty.

* 221 BCE: Qin Dynasty is established in China.

* 200 BCE: Rome begins to conquer Greece.

* 146 BCE: Greece becomes a Roman province.

* 395 CE: Roman Empire splits in two.

* 410 CE: Visigoths sack Rome.

* 641 CE: Arab conquests begin.

* 1453 CE: Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople.

* 1460 CE: Fall of the Byzantine Empire.

Ancient Greece was a birthplace of philosophy, science, technology, and art. Its legacy has profoundly impacted Western culture.