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3000 BCE - 2000 BCEFirst human presence recorded on Kos.
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1600 BCE - 1200 BCEThe Mycenaean settlement of Serayia flourishes on Kos.
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c. 480 BCEThe Tyrant Kadmos permits the establishment of democratic government on Kos.
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412 BCEThe Spartan general Astyochus sacks Kos.
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411 BCEThe Athenian general Themistocles builds fortifications on Kos.
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c. 350 BCEMausolus, ruler of Caria, invades Kos.
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c. 350 BCEThe Ascelpeion is built on Kos.
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c. 340 BCEThe Greek poet and scholar Philitas is born on Kos.
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332 BCEAmphoterus, admiral of Alexander the Great, takes possession of Kos.
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242 BCEThe games held in honour of Asclepius on Kos are given Panhellenic status.
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c. 102 BCECleopatra II of Egypt sends her treasury to Kos.
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c. 100 BCECoins of Kos and Thespiai depict a lyre on their reverse side.