TIMELINE
What have been the main periods in Greek life?
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DATE |
PERIOD |
EVENTS |
| Bronze Age | Greeks conquer Troy. | |
| 1000 BC | Iron Age | |
| 700 | Archaic Age | |
| 500 | Classical Age | Greeks repel Persian invaders. |
| 300 | Hellenistic Age | Alexander the Great spreads Greek culture and language throughout the Middle East (including Palestine). |
| Romans take over Jewish nation | ||
| 1BC - 1AD | Roman Empire | (life of Jesus) |
| Romans defeat Jewish revolt. | ||
| 300 AD | Roman emperor moves to Constantinople/Byzantium. | |
| Late Antiquity | ||
| 700 | Byzantine Empire | Arabs conquer Middle East, except for Asia Minor (modern Turkey). |
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| 1500 | Turkish Empire | |
| 1800 | Modern Greece |