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c. 5000 BCEThe Cyclades are first inhabited by settlers from Asia Mnior.
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c. 4500 BCEFirst settlement on Thera.
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3000 BCE - 2000 BCEFirst human presence recorded on Kos.
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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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2300 BCEBronze is used in the Aegean.
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2200 BCE - 1700 BCEEvidence of town planning and more sophisticated architecture in the Cylades.
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2000 BCE - 1450 BCEMinoan civilization in Crete and the Aegean.
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c. 2000 BCEAkrotiri becomes an important Aegean trading centre.
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2000 BCE - 1650 BCEAkrotiri on Thera reaches its peak of prosperity and becomes a flourishing Mediterranean trading centre.
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1900 BCE - 1100 BCEMycenaean civilization in Greece and the Aegean.
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1700 BCEMinoan Linear A script.
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1700 BCESecond Palace of Knossos on Crete.
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1700 BCE - 1400 BCEThe culture in the Cyclades is increasingly influenced by Minoan Crete.
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1650 BCE - 1550 BCEEruption of Thera and consequent tidal waves, destruction of Akrotiri and other Aegean centres.
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1600 BCE - 1200 BCEThe Mycenaean settlement of Serayia flourishes on Kos.
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c. 1600 BCERhodes has significant contact with Minoan Crete.
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c. 1400 BCERhodes has significant contact with the Mycenaean civilization.
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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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1100 BCEDorian peoples occupy Greece.
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c. 1100 BCEEvidence of settlement destruction and abandonment across the Cyclades.
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c. 700 BCESettlers from mainland Greece, possibly Samos, settle on Samothrace.
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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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c. 700 BCEParos begins to export its Parian marble across the Greek world and it is widely used in temples and sculpture.
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c. 499 BCENaxos is attacked by Darius' Persian forces.
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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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417 BCE - 415 BCEMelos, after supporting Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, is attacked by Athens.
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412 BCEThe Spartan general Astyochus sacks Kos.
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377 BCE - 355 BCEThe Cycladic city states join Athens in the Second Athenian League against Sparta .
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363 BCEA rebellion against Athenian dominance of the Second Athenian League on Keos is quashed by Athens.
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166 BCERome gives dominion over the Cyclades to Athens.
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88 BCEMithridates attacks and detroys the island of Delos.