Greece-Notes #1

Well, feel pretty good. We had the test on Egypt today for which I studied for hours between yesterday and today. We were told we could use our blog, but I didn't need it. I completed the entire test without the help of my blog. I had asked Mr. Schick if we could get an opportunity to earn extra points. I guess it was better for other students that didn't study, but it didn't really help me. The only question I had trouble with was the number fourteen, I believe. I wasn't able to answer that one with my blog and had to look back on the test for things that looked like they could be a good answer. Anyway, we have to write down notes on Greece (pp. 118 - 126) so I'll get to that.

New Directions in Government and Society (2,000 BC-700 AD)

Classical Greece (2,000-300 BC).
Important Occurrences in Greece and the World

• 2,000 BC
• Greece: Minoan civilization prospers in Crete.
• 1,780 BC
• World: Hammurabi's Code,
• 1,500 BC
• Greece: Mycenaean culture thrived on Greek mainland.
• 1,472 BC
• World: Hatshepsut is the first woman pharaoh.
• 1,200 BC
• Greece: Trojan war.
• 1,027 BC
• World: Zhou Dynasty begins at China.
• 850 BC
• World: Assyrians expand their empire.
• 750 BC
• Greece: Greek city-states flourish.
• 500 BC
• World: Zapotec of Mexico build Monte Alba'n.
• 479 BC
• Greece: Greece triumphs in Persian Wars.
• 334 BC
• Greece: Alexander starts building an empire.
• 321 BC
• World: Chandragupta founds Mauryan Empire in India.

Cultures of the mountains and the sea

• Greece is a mountainous peninsula out into the Mediterranean Sea.
• Also about 2,000 islands in Aegean and Ionian seas.