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23px;"></i></a> </h4> <div class="history-world-container"> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading0" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse0" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse0"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">3500 BC <br> Olive oil in Crete</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse0" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading0"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Olives are cultivated in Crete and will provide, in the form of olive oil, one of the main staples of Mediterranean trade</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa 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href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse1" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading1"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The sculptors of the Cyclades produce stylized and formal figures, mainly female, in white marble</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycladic_art" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Cycladic art </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keros" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Keros </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marble_female_figure_MET_DP278357.jpg" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  File:Marble female figure MET DP278357.jpg </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_art" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa 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style="margin-bottom: 0;">Knossos, and other such palaces, are built for dynasties in Minoan Crete</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Crete </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Minoan civilization </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Knossos </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Minoan_civilization" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Category:Minoan civilization </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=minoans" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading3" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse3" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse3"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1600 BC <br> Bull-fighting at Knossos</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse3" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading3"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">A bull-fighting fresco in the palace of Knossos is linked with the island's cult of the bull</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Knossos </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-leaping" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Bull-leaping </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-Leaping_Fresco" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Bull-Leaping Fresco </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throne_Room,_Knossos" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Throne Room, Knossos </a><br> <a href="/history/painting/130?section=earlyCivilizations&heading=minoanArt" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Painting </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading4" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse4" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1525 BC <br> Frescoes of Akrotiri</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse4" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading4"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The eruption of a volcano, on the island of Thera, entombs and preserves houses with frescoes in the Minoan city of Akrotiri</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Minoan_civilization" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Category:Minoan civilization </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=minoans" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading5" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse5" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse5"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1500 BC <br> Linear B in Mycenae</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse5" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading5"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Texts written at Mycenae, in the script known as Linear B, are the earliest surviving version of Greek</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Linear B </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenae </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_A" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Linear A </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenaean Greece </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=theFirstGreekCivilization" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading6" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse6" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1400 BC <br> Giants build walls of Tiryns?</a> <span class="alignb">  <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> <div class="col-lg-3"> <img class="event-thumbnail" src="https://historyworld-images.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/tirynsmasonryxabi100.jpg"/> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse6" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading6"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4" style="text-align: center"> <img src="https://historyworld-images.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/tirynsmasonryxabi300.jpg" style=" width: 100%;" " />  <div class="gallery-caption"> <span>Tiryns, Greece</span> </div>  </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The massive architecture of Mycenaean cities such as Tiryns is said in Greek legend to have been built by one-eyed giants, the Cyclopes</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ACyclopean_masonry" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Talk:Cyclopean masonry </a><br> <a 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of the beehive tombs of this period</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenae </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasury_of_Atreus" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Treasury of Atreus </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_tomb" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Beehive tomb </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenaean Greece </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=theFirstGreekCivilization" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading8" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse8" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse8"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1300 BC <br> Mycenae dominant</a> <span class="alignb">  <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> <div class="col-lg-3"> <img class="event-thumbnail" src="https://historyworld-images.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/mycenaeliongatexabi100.jpg"/> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse8" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading8"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4" style="text-align: center"> <img src="https://historyworld-images.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/mycenaeliongatexabi300.jpg" style=" " />  <div class="gallery-caption"> <span>Mycenae, Lion Gate</span> </div>  </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Mycenae prevails as the dominant power throughout the Peloponnese and the entire Aegean</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae,_New_York" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenae, New York </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=tradeAndConquest" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading9" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse9" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse9"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1300 BC <br> Bronze suit of armour</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse9" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading9"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The earliest known suit of armour, made of bronze, survives from a tomb in Mycenaean Greece</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendra_panoply" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Dendra panoply </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenae </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenaean Greece </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Mycenaean_Greece" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Military of Mycenaean Greece </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=theFirstGreekCivilization" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading10" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse10" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse10"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">1150 BC <br> Dorian Greeks crush Mycenae</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse10" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading10"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Mycenae and other states of the Peloponnese are overwhelmed by invading Dorian Greeks</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorians" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Dorians </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_invasion" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Dorian invasion </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenae </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Mycenaean Greece </a><br> <a href="/history/aegeanCivilization/690?heading=doricAndIonic" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Aegean civilization </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading11" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse11" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse11"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">776 BC <br> Olympic games</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse11" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading11"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The traditional date for the first athletic contest at Olympia</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Summer Olympic Games </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  1896 Summer Olympics </a><br> <a href="/history/olympicGames/661?heading=greekAthletics" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Olympic Games </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading12" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse12" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">750 BC <br> Ionian League in Asia Minor</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse12" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading12"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Ionia emerges as a political entity, forming a league of twelve Greek cities in Asia Minor</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia,_Michigan" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ionia, Michigan </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia_County,_Michigan" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ionia County, Michigan </a><br> <a href="/history/anatolia/426?heading=lendLease" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Anatolia </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading13" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse13" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse13"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">750 BC <br> Homer is written down</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse13" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading13"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The Homeric texts, the <i>Iliad</i> and the <i>Odyssey</i>, are written down - probably in Ionia</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad_SA" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Iliad SA </a><br> <a href="/history/literature/542?heading=theHomericQuestion" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Literature </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading14" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse14" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse14"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">704 BC <br> Wrestling in Olympic games</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse14" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading14"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Wrestling is included in the Olympic games, followed by a terrifying form of all-in wrestling from 652 BC</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wrestling" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  History of wrestling </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Olympic Games </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ancient Olympic Games </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  List of ancient Olympic victors </a><br> <a href="/history/sportsAndGames/545?section=6th1stCenturyBc&heading=wrestling" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Sports and games </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading15" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse15" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse15"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">700 BC <br> Greeks add vowels to alphabet</a> <span class="alignb">  <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> <div class="col-lg-3"> <img class="event-thumbnail" src="https://historyworld-images.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/greekinscriptionxabi100.jpg"/> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse15" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading15"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4" style="text-align: center"> <img src="https://historyworld-images.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/greekinscriptionxabi300.jpg" style=" " />  <div class="gallery-caption"> <span>Greek inscription</span> </div>  </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The Greeks make the Phoenician alphabet much more flexible by the addition of vowels, from alpha to omega</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Phoenician alphabet </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Phoenicia </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Greek_alphabet" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  History of the Greek alphabet </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Greek alphabet </a><br> <a href="/history/writing/166?section=theAlphabet&heading=phoneticsAndTheAlphabet" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Writing </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading16" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse16" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse16"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">700 BC <br> Phoenician and Greek Sicily</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse16" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading16"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The island of Sicily is colonized from the eastern Mediterranean by both Phoenicians and Greeks</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Carthage" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ancient Carthage </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicians_and_wine" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Phoenicians and wine </a><br> <a href="/history/sicily/245?section=toAd1254&heading=hubOfTheMediterranean" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Sicily </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading17" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse17" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse17"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">688 BC <br> Boxing in Olympic games</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse17" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading17"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Boxing is included in the Olympic games, with each bout going on until one fighter gives up</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_boxing" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ancient Greek boxing </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Olympic Games </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ancient Olympic Games </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Boxing </a><br> <a href="/history/sportsAndGames/545?section=6th1stCenturyBc&heading=boxing" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Sports and games </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading18" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse18" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse18"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">667 BC <br> Byzantium founded</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse18" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading18"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">Byzantium (the future Constantinople) is founded as a colony of Megara, a Greek city-state</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megara_Hyblaea" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Megara Hyblaea </a><br> <a href="/history/greece/701?section=doriansAndIonians&heading=greekColoniesOverseas" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Greece </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading19" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse19" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse19"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">650 BC <br> State officials consult oracle at Delphi</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse19" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading19"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The Greek city states make a habit of consulting the oracle at Delphi, hoping mainly for reassurance</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_method" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Delphi method </a><br> <a href="/history/delphicOracle/850?section=19413&heading=theRussianCampaign" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Delphic oracle </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading20" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse20" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse20"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">650 BC <br> Greek pillars take shape</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse20" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading20"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The capitals of Greek pillars are by now in the two basic patterns of Doric and Ionic</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_order" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Classical order </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic_order" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ionic order </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Doric </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic_bonding" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Ionic bonding </a><br> <a href="/history/architecture/154?section=greece&heading=theContributionOfGreece" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Architecture </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading21" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse21" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse21"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">650 BC <br> Sparta enslaves neighbours</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse21" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading21"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The inhabitants of Messenia revolt against Spartan rule and are reduced, in retaliation, to the status of serfs or helots</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypteia" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Crypteia </a><br> <a href="/history/sparta/493?heading=theSpartanExperience" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="hw-icon" style="font-size: 18px;"></i>  Sparta </a><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card featured-event-card"> <h5 class="card-header collapsed d-block mt-0" role="tab" id="heading22" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" aria-controls="collapse22" aria-expanded="false" href="#collapse22"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <a href="javascript:void(0)">630 BC <br> Council on hill in Athens</a> <span class="alignb"> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i></a> <a href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="hw-icon"></i></a> </span> </div> </div> </h5> <div id="collapse22" class="collapse multi-collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading22"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;">The Areopagus, named from the hill on Athens where it meets, is the council through which the nobles keep power in their own hands</p> <div class="alignb"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopagus_sermon" target="_blank" class="event-link"> <i class="fa fa-wikipedia-w"></i>  Areopagus sermon </a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryne_before_the_Areopagus" target="_blank" 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