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Chapter Chronology

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Chronology

Table : CHRONOLOGY
ca. 3000–1200 B.C.E. Helladic period
ca. 2000–1100 B.C.E. Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations
ca. 1200–323 B.C.E. Hellenic period
ca. 1100–800 B.C.E. Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears
ca. 800–500 B.C.E. Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean
ca. 700–500 B.C.E. Sparta and Athens develop distinctive political institutions
ca. 500–338 B.C.E. Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens
499–404 B.C.E. Persian and Peloponnesian wars
336–324 B.C.E. Alexander the Great’s military campaigns
323–30 B.C.E. Hellenistic period
323–ca. 300 B.C.E. Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties
168 B.C.E. Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty
30 B.C.E. Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends