Tiny Timelines: Archaic Greece in a global context

About this video

This is a short, music-only animated timeline with no narration. It places Archaic Greece alongside what was happening in other parts of the world at the same time, so students can see Greek art in a global context.

You'll be able to

• read a visual timeline and find the Archaic Greek period on it.
• name at least one event or culture shown happening at the same time elsewhere in the world.

Key words

Archaic period

An early period of ancient Greek history and art, before the Classical period.

timeline

A line that shows events in the order they happened.