Aegean Timeline

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c. 5000 BCE

The Cyclades are first inhabited by settlers from Asia Mnior.
c. 4500 BCE

First settlement on Thera.
3000 BCE - 2200 BCE

The first archaeological evidence of organised communities in the Cyclades.
3000 BCE - 2000 BCE

Distinctive minimalistic standing marble figurines are produced in the Cyclades.
3000 BCE - 2000 BCE

First human presence recorded on Kos.
2300 BCE

Bronze is used in the Aegean.
2200 BCE - 1700 BCE

Evidence of town planning and more sophisticated architecture in the Cylades.
2000 BCE - 1450 BCE

Minoan civilization in Crete and the Aegean.
c. 2000 BCE

Akrotiri becomes an important Aegean trading centre.
2000 BCE - 1650 BCE

Akrotiri on Thera reaches its peak of prosperity and becomes a flourishing Mediterranean trading centre.
1900 BCE - 1100 BCE

Mycenaean civilization in Greece and the Aegean.
1700 BCE

Minoan Linear A script.
1700 BCE

Second Palace of Knossos on Crete.
1700 BCE - 1400 BCE

The culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
1650 BCE - 1550 BCE

Eruption of Thera and consequent tidal waves, destruction of Akrotiri and other Aegean centres.
c. 1600 BCE

Rhodes has significant contact with Minoan Crete.
1600 BCE - 1200 BCE

The Mycenaean settlement of Serayia flourishes on Kos.
1400 BCE - 1100 BCE

Culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece.
c. 1400 BCE

Rhodes has significant contact with the Mycenaean civilization.
1100 BCE

Dorian peoples occupy Greece.
c. 1100 BCE

Evidence of settlement destruction and abandonment across the Cyclades.
700 BCE - 600 BCE

Temples are built in honour of Apollo, Demeter and Dionysos on the island of Naxos.
c. 700 BCE

Paros begins to export its Parian marble across the Greek world and it is widely used in temples and sculpture.
c. 700 BCE

Settlers from mainland Greece, possibly Samos, settle on Samothrace.
c. 499 BCE

Naxos is attacked by Darius' Persian forces.
c. 467 BCE

The island of Naxos rebels against Athenian dominance of the Delian League.
431 BCE - 404 BCE

The Cycladic city states side with Athens in the Peloponnesian war against Sparta and her allies.
417 BCE - 415 BCE

Melos, after supporting Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, is attacked by Athens.
412 BCE

The Spartan general Astyochus sacks Kos.
377 BCE - 355 BCE

The Cycladic city states join Athens in the Second Athenian League against Sparta .
363 BCE

A rebellion against Athenian dominance of the Second Athenian League on Keos is quashed by Athens.
166 BCE

Rome gives dominion over the Cyclades to Athens.
88 BCE

Mithridates attacks and detroys the island of Delos.