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The first Olympic games. |
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about 750 BC |
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Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics
'The Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'. |
650 - 580 BC |
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Corinth is ruled by the tyrant Kypselos and
then his son Periander. |
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508 BC  |
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Democracy begins in Athens |
490 and 480 BC |
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Greeks defeat Persian invaders at the battles
of Marathon (490 BC) and Salamis (480 BC). |
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by 450 BC  |
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Athens becomes a very powerful city, and
controls an empire. |