First day of western civ

Today in the wonderful Honors...Western Civ class we just jumped right into the textbook and started reading and taking notes about Ancient Greece. We read pages 118-126 and took notes. Here are some of the notes that I took:
-democracy developed in Ancient Greece
-Alex the Great expanded the Greek Empire
Here are some dates from the timeline I copied:
-2000 BC Minoan Civilization prospers on Crete
-1780 BC Mycenean culture thrives on Greek mainland
-1472 BC Hatshepsut, woman pharaoh, begins her reign
-1200 BC Trojan war takes place
-1027 BC Zhou Dynasty begins in China
-850 BC Assyrians expand their empire
-750 BC Greek city-states flourish
-500 BC Zapotec of Mexico build Monte Alban
-479 BC Greece triumphs in Persian Wars
-334 BC Alexander starts to build his empire
-321 BC Chandragupta founds Mauryan Empire in India
After taking these notes the bell rang and ended class.

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