An acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek akro, "high" or "extreme/extremity" or "edge", and polis, "city", translated as "high city", "city on the edge" or "city in the air", the most famous being the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, built in the 5th century BCE.
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c. 7000 BCE - 5000 BCEHuman habitation on the Acropolis and around the Agora of Athens continues from Neolithic Period.
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c. 1700 BCE - 1100 BCEAcropolis is developed by the Mycenaean Civilization.
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c. 700 BCE - c. 480 BCEAcropolis is further developed during the Archaic Period of Athens.
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480 BCEAcropolis of Athens is destroyed in the Persian Invasion of Xerxes I.
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28 Jul 447 BCEReconstruction and creation of the Acropolis of the Classical Period begins under Pericles' leadership.
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c. 437 BCE - 431 BCEThe Propylaea is constructed on the Acropolis of Athens under the supervision of Mnesicles.
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c. 31 BCE - 180 CEThe Romans contribute monuments and buildings to the Acropolis of Athens and surrounding area.
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1458 CEGreece is conquered by the Ottoman Empire; Acropolis of Athens begins to decline.
