First Recorded Ancient Olympic Games at Olympia
776 BCE
Founding of Panhellenic athletic competitions and the Sacred Truce (*Ekecheiria*).
Sources and References
Pindare, *Odes olympiques* & Pausanias, *Description de la Grèce*
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Ancient Greece clusterMinoans, Mycenae, city-states, Persian Wars, Pericles, Alexander.
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Trojan War Tradition and Late Bronze Age Collapse
1200 BCE
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Recording of the Homeric Epics (*Iliad* and *Odyssey*)
750 BCE
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Promulgation of Athens' First Written Law Code by Draco
621 BCE
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Constitutional and Social Reforms of Solon at Athens
594 BCE
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Founding of Athenian Democracy by Cleisthenes' Reforms
508 BCE
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First Persian War and Athenian Victory at the Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
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Foundation of Rome
753 BCE
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Composition of Early Upanishads and Metaphysics of Karma and Brahman
800 BCE
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Emergence of the 16 Mahajanapadas (Great Kingdoms and Republics)
600 BCE