if you want to excel in ancient history make your own notes! Seriously though writing it out yourself and writing out what MAKES SENSE to you really helps you understand and remember. Personally, I believe using other pplz notes as your study guide is really a waste of time, the knowledge doesnt sink in unless you write it out yourself.
I did this topic last term, i found it very LONG, boring etc, but i still went ahead and forced myself to make some decent notes which i can tell you was a tedious and time consuming process...however, in the end it all paid off..scored 95% on this topic.