Greek, Persian Roman
Timeline
Make the timeline in your
notebook; cut out and put
events in the correct order and
add a picture to go with at least
half the events. You do not
need to calculate the exact size
of the space between events
but try to show relative time
spans. (Criterion D:
communication)
1.
5000 BC - The Sumerians
form the first towns and
cities.
2. 2500 BC- Minoan civilization
flourishes.
3. 2330 BC - Sargon I conquers
Sumerian cities to creates the
world's first empire, the
Akkadian Empire.
4. 1900 BC - The Assyrians rise
to power in northern
Mesopotamia.
5. 1792BC - The Babylonian king
Hammurabi makes a code of
laws for all to see in the
kingdom.
6. 1600 to 1120 BC Mycenaean
civilization flourishes.
7. 1225 BC - The Assyrians
capture Babylon.
8. 1200 BC – the Trojan War.
9. 1050 to 750 - Greek Dark
Ages.
10. 800 to 700 - Rise of the
Greek city states.
11. 753 BC - The city of Rome is
founded and ruled by kings.
12. 750 to 700 - Homer writes
Iliad and Odyssey.
25. 333 BC - Alexander the Great
conquers the Persian Empire.
13. 621 BC - Draco writes a code
of laws.
26. 218 BC - Second Punic war
when Hannibal and his
Carthage army invade Italy by
crossing the Alps.
14. 550 BC - Cyrus the Great
rises to power and the Persian
Empire begins.
27. 146 BC - Rome conquers
Greece which becomes part
of the Roman Republic.
15. 522 BC - Darius I becomes
King of Persia, expands the
empire and divides it into
states each ruled by a satrap.
28. 45 BC - Julius Caesar becomes
the first dictator of Rome.
Caesar crosses the Rubicon
River and defeats Pompey in a
civil war to become the supreme
ruler of Rome. This signals the
end of the Roman Republic.
16. 509 BC - The last king of Rome
is overthrown and Rome
becomes a republic ruled by
senators.
17. 508BC - democracy begins in
Athens. Cleisthenes
introduces the reforms.
18. 500BC - the start of the
'Classical Period' in Greece.
19. 490 BC - Darius I attacks the
Greeks. He is defeated
at the Battle of Marathon.
20. 480 BC - Xerxes I attacks the
Greeks with a huge army. He
is defeated after the Battle
of Salamis.
21. 477 – The Delian league is
formed.
22. 460 to 404 BC Peloponnesian wars
between Athens and Sparta.
23. 338 BC - Philip of Macedonia
begins conquest of Greece.
24. 355 BC - Romans begin
conquest of Italy.
29. 27 BC - The Roman Empire
begins as Caesar Augustus
becomes the first Roman
Emperor.
30. AD 286 – Diocletian divides the
Roman Empire into 2 – east
(Byzantine) and west.
31. 306 AD - Constantine becomes
Emperor. Constantine would
convert to Christianity and
Rome would become a
Christian empire. Prior to this
Rome persecuted the
Christians.
32. AD 476 – Rome is sacked and
the Western Roman Empire
falls.
33. AD 529 – the Emperor Justinian
organizes all Roman law into a
single code.
34. AD 1453 – the Byzantine
Empire is destroyed by the
Ottomans from Turkey.