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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Cyrus






2. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






3. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






4. Birth of Aristotle






5. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






6. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






7. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






8. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






9. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






10. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






11. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






12. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






13. Democracy instituted atAthens






14. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






15. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






16. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






17. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






18. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






19. Rise of the Median Empire






20. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






21. Han Dynasty established in China - after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West - i.e. the Silk Road






22. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






23. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






24. Death of Gautama Buddha






25. Death of Cyrus






26. Rise of the Median Empire






27. First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BCE but no older written record survives.






28. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






29. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






30. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






31. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






32. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






33. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






34. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






35. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






36. Qin Shi Huang unifies China - end of Warring States Period; marking the beginning of Imperial rule in China which lasts until 1912. Construction of the Great Wall by the Qin Dynasty begins.






37. Sunga Empire founded.






38. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






39. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






40. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






41. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






42. Defeat of Gordian III (238






43. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






44. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






45. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






46. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






47. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






48. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






49. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






50. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan