The document outlines the major time periods of ancient Greek civilization from approximately 900 BCE to 30 BCE. It discusses the Geometric period, Orientalizing period, Archaic period, Classical period divided into Early, High, and Late, and the Hellenistic period. For each period, it provides some key developments and examples of artworks that characterize the period, such as the development of pottery styles in the Geometric and Orientalizing periods and the emergence of temple architecture and standing figure sculptures in the Archaic period.