Naxos, with an area of 430 km², is the largest island in the Cyclades archipelago. The island enjoyed its most prosperous periods in the early Bronze Age and again in the Archaic and Classical periods.
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c. 5000 BCEThe Cyclades are first inhabited by settlers from Asia Mnior.
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3000 BCE - 2200 BCEThe first archaeological evidence of organised communities in the Cyclades.
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3000 BCE - 2000 BCEDistinctive minimalistic standing marble figurines are produced in the Cyclades.
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2200 BCE - 1700 BCEEvidence of town planning and more sophisticated architecture in the Cylades.
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1700 BCE - 1400 BCEThe culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
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1400 BCE - 1100 BCECulture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece.
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c. 1025 BCEMigrants from Ionia settle on Naxos.
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700 BCE - 600 BCETemples are built in honour of Apollo, Demeter and Dionysos on the island of Naxos.
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600 BCE - 300 BCEDionysos appears on the coins of Naxos, Mende and various other Greek city states.
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c. 560 BCENaxos dedicates a large column and sphinx to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
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c. 499 BCENaxos is attacked by Darius' Persian forces.
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490 BCENaxos is attacked for a second time by Persian forces.
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478 BCEMany Cycladic states join the Athenian led Delian League as a defence against Persian agression.
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c. 467 BCEThe island of Naxos rebels against Athenian dominance of the Delian League.
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431 BCE - 404 BCEThe Cycladic city states side with Athens in the Peloponnesian war against Sparta and her allies.
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377 BCE - 355 BCEThe Cycladic city states join Athens in the Second Athenian League against Sparta .
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166 BCERome gives dominion over the Cyclades to Athens.
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41 BCERome takes control over Naxos in the Cyclades.
