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Greece Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Explore the rich history of Greece with this engaging timeline game. Test your knowledge and challenge yourself to place key events in their correct chronological order.

  • Learn about the rise of ancient Greek civilization
  • Discover the impact of Greek mythology on culture and society
  • Experience the influence of Greek philosophers on Western thought
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  • 1600 BC: Mycenaean civilization begins in Greece
  • 1100-800 BC: Greek Dark Ages
  • 776 BC: First Olympic Games held in Olympia
  • 499 BC: Persian Wars begin
  • 490 BC: Battle of Marathon
  • 460-429 BC: Golden Age of Athens under Pericles
  • 431-404 BC: Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta
  • 336 BC: Alexander the Great becomes King of Macedonia
  • 334-323 BC: Alexander the Great conquers Persia
  • 323 BC: Hellenistic period begins
  • 146 BC: Roman conquest of Greece
  • 330 AD: Byzantine Empire established
  • 330 AD: Constantinople becomes the capital of the Byzantine Empire
  • 1054 AD: The Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches
  • 1204 AD: Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople
  • 1453 AD: Ottoman Empire conquers Constantinople
  • 1821-1832: Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire
  • 1832: Greece becomes an independent kingdom
  • 1941-1944: World War II occupation of Greece by Axis powers
  • 1981: Greece joins the European Union

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