Timeline of historic events -- The land and its people -- From prehistoric man to the golden age of classical Greece -- The Hellenistic age and the Roman Empire -- The Byzantine Empire and rule by the Ottomans -- Fighting for independence -- Establishing an independent nation -- Immigration, wars, and the great catastrophe -- World War II and the occupation, 1940-1944 -- Civil war, 1944-1949 -- Recovery after the wars -- Democracy returns to Greece -- Notable people in the history of Greece.