Earliest evidence of burials found in Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece The cave was occupied from the Palaeolithic circa 20 through the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, being abandoned about 3000 BC. It is one of the very few settlements in the world that shows continuous human occupation for more than 20,000 years.
Evidence of food producing economy, simple hut construction, and seafaring in mainland Greece and the Aegean
Mycenean enter mainland Greece The Mycenaean civilization flourished during the period roughly between 1600 BC The height of Minoan Civilization is reached The Minoan civilization, a Bronze Age civilization, arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC The Trojan War, civil war, and the fall of the Mycenean
End of Mycenean age and civilization. Early city states are ruled through monarchy. No more monumental stone buildings were built and the practice of wall painting may have stopped.
776BC First Olympic games Coin currency introduced. Lydian electrum trite-This coin type, made of a gold and silver alloy, was in all likelihood the world's first, minted Persian invasion and conquest of Greek territories through out Asia Minor.
First Persian invasion of Greece, the Battle of Marathon. The founding of the Delian League was an association of 173 Greek city-states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire The Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta
Warfare between rival Greek leagues The Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta leads the Greek City States.
First Roman victories over Greece Corinth, a Greek city state, destroyed by the Romans Athens is sacked by Sulla. Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman.