Ancient Greece
1. ca. 3000–1200 B.C.E.
-------- Hellenic period Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Hellenistic period Helladic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends
2. ca. 1200–323 B.C.E.
-------- Helladic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Hellenic period Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends Hellenistic period Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears
3. ca. 1100–800 B.C.E.
-------- Helladic period Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Hellenistic period Hellenic period Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends
4. ca. 800–500 B.C.E.
-------- Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Hellenic period Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends Helladic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Hellenistic period
5. ca. 500–338 B.C.E.
-------- Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Hellenic period Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Hellenistic period Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Helladic period
6. 323–30 B.C.E.
-------- Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Helladic period Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Hellenic period Hellenistic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears
7. 323–ca. 300 B.C.E.
-------- Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Hellenic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Hellenistic period Helladic period Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends
8. 168 B.C.E.
-------- Hellenic period Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Hellenistic period Helladic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens
9. 30 B.C.E.
-------- Roman overthrow of the Antigonid dynasty Archaic age; rise of the polis; Greek colonization of the Mediterranean Hellenic period Greece’s Dark Age; population declines, trade decreases, writing disappears Classical period; development of drama, philosophy, and major building projects in Athens Hellenistic period Civil wars lead to the establishment of the Ptolemaic, Antigonid, and Seleucid dynasties Helladic period Roman conquest of Egypt; Ptolemaic dynasty ends