General History timeline
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* 800B.C.
* 790B.C.
* 780B.C. 776 BC - First  Olympics 
* 770B.C.
* 760B.C.
* 750B.C.
* 740B.C. c.740 BC -  Greek alphabet created from the Phoenician script
* 730B.C.
* 720B.C.
* 710B.C.
* 700B.C. c.700 BC -  Spartan society  remodelled during the 7th century BC
* 690B.C.
* 680B.C.
* 670B.C.
* 660B.C.
* 650B.C.
* 640B.C.
* 630B.C. 621-20 BC -  Drako's laws at Athens
* 620B.C.
* 610B.C.
* 600B.C. 594/3 BC -  Solon's reforms at Athens
* 590B.C.
* 580B.C.
* 570B.C.
* 560B.C.
* 550B.C.
* 540B.C.
* 530B.C.
* 520B.C.
* 510B.C. 508 BC -  Kleisthenes introduces democracy to Athens
* 500B.C. 499-449 BC -  The Persian Wars 
* 490B.C.
* 480B.C.
* 470B.C. 462-1 BC -  Ephialtes and Perikles  begin political reforms in Athens
* 460B.C. 460-446 BC -  First Peloponnesian War 
* 450B.C. 447 BC - Building of the  Parthenon begins
* 440B.C. 431-404 BC -  Second Peloponnesian War 
* 430B.C. 430 BC -  Plague strikes Athens; death of Perikles
* 420B.C. 415-413 BC - Athenian expedition to  Sicily 
* 410B.C. 405 BC - Battle of  Aegospotami 
404 BC - Athens surrenders to Sparta; The Thirty Tyrants 
* 400B.C. 395 BC - Start of  Corinthian War 
* 390B.C.
* 380B.C. 371 BC - Sparta defeated by Thebes at  Battle of Leuctra 
* 370B.C.
* 360B.C.
* 350B.C.
* 340B.C. 338 BC - Greece under  Macedonian rule
336 BC -  Alexander  king of Macedonia
331 BC - Foundation of Alexandria 
* 330B.C. 326 BC -  Alexander crosses the Indus 
323 BC -  Alexander's 'successors'  divide his empire
322 BC - Death of  Demosthenes 
* 320B.C.
* 310B.C.
* 300B.C.