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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Cyrus






2. 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.






3. Construction of the Parthenon






4. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






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






6. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






7. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






9. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






10. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






11. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






12. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






14. completion of Euclid's Elements






15. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






16. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






17. Birth of Socrates






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






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






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






21. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






22. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






23. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






24. Birth of Aristotle






25. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






26. 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






27. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






28. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya tribe - which ruled parts of Magadha - one of the Maha Janapadas






29. 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.






30. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






31. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






32. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






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






34. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






35. Rise of the Median Empire






36. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






37. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






38. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






39. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






40. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






41. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






43. Defeat of Gordian III (238






44. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






45. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






46. Death of Gautama Buddha






47. Birth of Aristotle






48. Sunga Empire founded.






49. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






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







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