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1. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
221 BCE
660 BCE
9

2. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
395
490 BCE
460 BCE
475 BCE

3. Death of Socrates
508 BCE
539 BCE
400 BCE
399 BCE

4. Romulus Augustus - last Western Roman Emperor is forced to abdicate by Odoacer - a chieftain of the Germanic Heruli; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno in Constantinople in return for the title of dux of Italy; most fr
476
460 BCE
700 BCE
447 BCE

5. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
49 BCE
313
9

6. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
300 BCE
202 BCE
549 BCE
c. 200 BCE

7. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
500 BCE
458 BCE
c. 100 BCE
384 BCE

8. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
257 BCE
563 BCE
544 BCE
354

9. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
432 BCE
280
509 BCE
14

10. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
c. 100 BCE
c. 200 BCE
447 BCE
480 BCE

11. completion of Euclid's Elements
305 BCE
354
500 BCE
c. 500 BCE

12. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
c. 455
586 BCE
600 BCE

13. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
c. 600 BCE
70
6 BCE
321 BCE

14. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
475 BCE
49 BCE
476

15. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
378
c. 200 BCE
6 BCE
776 BCE

16. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
117
220
c. 455
29

17. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
728 BCE
323 BCE
500 BCE

18. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
404 BCE
384 BCE
49 BCE
525 BCE

19. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
232 BCE
551 BCE
230 BCE
c. 600 BCE

20. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
546 BCE
549 BCE
475 BCE

21. Sunga Empire founded.
410
490 BCE
185 BCE
728 BCE

22. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
399 BCE
508 BCE
c. 600 BCE
432 BCE

23. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
475 BCE
410
400 BCE

24. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
321 BCE
4 BCE
c. 200 BCE
500 BCE

25. 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.
525 BCE
220
305 BCE
117

26. Death of Socrates
508 BCE
335
458 BCE
399 BCE

27. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
14
238
653 BCE

28. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
44 BCE
117
117
400 BCE

29. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
549 BCE
483 BCE
424 BCE
280

30. Birth of Aristotle
395
384 BCE
429 BCE
326 BCE

31. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
479 BCE
4 BCE
354

32. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
475 BCE
18 BCE
539 BCE
378

33. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
600 BCE
525 BCE
479 BCE
c. 600 BCE

34. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
500 BCE
323 BCE
500 BCE

35. 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
546 BCE
200 BCE
220
202 BCE

36. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
728 BCE
335
745 BCE
479 BCE

37. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
404 BCE
700 BCE
476

38. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
479 BCE
44 BCE
285

39. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
550 BCE
544 BCE
c. 100 BCE
111 BCE

40. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
404 BCE
378
400 BCE

41. Democracy instituted atAthens
424 BCE
508 BCE
79
544 BCE

42. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
404 BCE
458 BCE
432 BCE

43. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
79
539 BCE
313
500 BCE

44. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
325
111 BCE
410
c. 512 BCE

45. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
4 BCE
447 BCE
378
660 BCE

46. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
232 BCE
544 BCE
399 BCE

47. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
476
429 BCE
200 BCE
c. 200 BCE

48. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
220
410
200s
323 BCE

49. Rise of Persian Empire
399 BCE
509 BCE
653 BCE
70

50. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
728 BCE
753 BCE
250 BCE
465 BCE