textbook notes Greece

• in the Greek city-states of Athens, a new form of government developed - democracy - in which citizens exercised power
• Alexander the Great spread Greek culture throughout much of Asia, Greek, Egyptian, and Asian cultures then blended to create Hellenistic culture
• Athens assumed control of a defense league and eventually built it into an empire, later Alexander conquered the Persian empire and beyond to create a vast new empire of his own
• 2000 B.C. Minoan civilization prospers on crete
• 1780 B.C. Hammurabi issues code of laws
• 1500 B.C. Mycenaean culture thrives on Greek mainland
• 1472 B.C. Hatshepsut, women Pharaoh begins her reign
• 1200 B.C. trojan war takes place
• 1027 B.C. Zhou dynasty begins in China
• 850 B.C. assyrias expand their empire
• 750 B.C. Greek city-states flourish