- 6500 => Early Neolithic
     First certified villages of farmers-breeders in Greece
        First human occupation at Dikili Tash


             - 5800 => Middle Neolithic
                “Sesklo culture” in Thessaly
                    Evidence for continuous occupation of the mound


                        - 5400 =>Late Neolithic I
                            “Vinča culture” in the Balkans
                                First habitation layers in Sitagri
                                    First excavated layers at Dikili Tash: houses, structures, artifacts       


                                        - 4800 => Late Neolithic IΙ (Chalcolithic)
                                            Establishment of a cultural community through the Balkans
                                                 Maximum extension of the settlement       
                                                     - 4000 => Abandonment of the site

- 3300 => Early Bronze Age Ι
     Re-occupation of the mound    
       Many sites in the region are re-occupied or settled for the first time

- 2700 => Early Bronze Age ΙΙ
     Extension of the settlement     
        First settlement at Troy

- 2000 => Middle Bronze Age
    No evidence so far at Dikili Tash
        Settlements of Agios Mamas and Kastanas in Central Macedonia


          - 1550 => Late Bronze Age
              Mycenaean culture
                   Settlement at the top of the mound     
                       Settlements of Toumba, Kastanas and Assiros in Central Macedonia

                       - 1200 => Destruction of Mycenaean palaces
                            Abandonment of the site

- 1100 => Geometric Period      First Greek cities

	- 750 => Archaic Period
		- 680 =>Foundation of Thasos by colonists from Paros
				- 490 / - 480 => Persian Wars

	- 480 => Classical Period
			- 360 => Foundation of Krinides by Thasian colonists
				- 359 / -336 => Reign of Philip II in Macedonia
					- 356 => Krinides re-founded by Philip II under the name Philippi
						- 336 /- 323 => Reign of Alexander the Great

- 323 => Hellenistic Period

	- 148 => Roman Period
		- Macedonia becomes a Roman province
			-146 / -120 => Construction of Via Egnatia
				- 44 => Assassination of Julius Caesar
					- 42 => Battle of Philippi;   Foundation of Colonia victrix Philippensium by Mark Antony
						- 31 Roman colony of Philippi re-founded by Octavian
								49 => Visit of Apostle Paul in Philippi; baptism of Lydia
									1st cent. => Monument of Caius Vibius

	324 => Byzantine Period
		324 => Fondation of Constantinople
			5th-6th cent. => Climax of the city of Philippi  7th cent. => Big earthquake:    beginning of the decline of Philippi      10th cent. => Construction of a tower at the top of the Dikili Tash mound
				1096 => The Crusaders of the 1st Crusade pass through the area
						1387 => Macedonia is conquered by the Turks
							1430 => Visit of Cyriacus of Ancona
									1453 => Capture of Constantinople

1453 => Modern times/ Ottoman Period  
  The plain of Drama becomes a major agricultural center
   1832 => Creation of the first modern Greek state (North not included)
    1861 => Visit of L. Heuzey  
     1913 => Annexation of Macedonia in the Greek state
       Construction of the Kavala-Drama national road

       1914 => Contemporary Period
        1914 / 1918 => First World War ;
         C. Blegen and F. Welch identify the prehistoric settlement;
          1914: first excavations at Philippi by the French Archaeological School
           1920 / 1922 => Trial excavations by Renaudin
            1923 => Exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey    
             1931 / 1940 => Drainage of the Philippi-Drama marsh    
              1939 / 1945 => Second World War
               1957 => Creation of Philippi Festival
                1961 /1975 => 1st Research Program
                 Massive wave of emigration to Germany
                  1986 /1996 => 2nd Research Program
                   Return of many emigrants, urbanization
                    1998 => Krinides seat of the municipality of Philippi (± 10 000 residents)
                     2008 => 3rd Research Program
                      2010 => Philippi joins the municipality of Kavala (± 90 000 residents)