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1. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
384 BCE
202 BCE
200 BCE
c. 100 BCE

2. Birth of Aristotle
202 BCE
384 BCE
335
722 BCE

3. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
313
313
18 BCE

4. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
230 BCE
700 BCE
202 BCE
6 BCE

5. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
70
280
745 BCE
300 BCE

6. Death of Confucius
325
250 BCE
c. 455
479 BCE

7. Defeat of Gordian III (238
146 BCE
238
300 BCE
728 BCE

8. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
232 BCE
280
745 BCE
117

9. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
232 BCE
250 BCE
200s
326 BCE

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

11. 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.
326 BCE
400 BCE
563 BCE
305 BCE

12. 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
549 BCE
202 BCE
185 BCE
563 BCE

13. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
202 BCE
313
257 BCE

14. Death of Confucius
424 BCE
509 BCE
230 BCE
479 BCE

15. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
475 BCE
563 BCE
192
384 BCE

16. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
465 BCE
550 BCE
395
226

17. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
c. 100 BCE
238
410
326 BCE

18. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
321 BCE
475 BCE
323 BCE
384 BCE

19. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
660 BCE
192
395
6 BCE

20. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
c. 512 BCE
300 BCE
313
280

21. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
226
508 BCE
44 BCE
447 BCE

22. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
226
79
400 BCE

23. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
509 BCE
325
508 BCE

24. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
331 BCE
776 BCE
232 BCE
404 BCE

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

26. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
465 BCE
600 BCE
399 BCE

27. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
c. 512 BCE
202 BCE
9
465 BCE

28. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
230 BCE
550 BCE
321 BCE

29. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
325
238
202 BCE
490 BCE

30. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
323 BCE
335
660 BCE
c. 600 BCE

31. 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.
305 BCE
285
273 BCE
469 BCE

32. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
257 BCE
539 BCE
529 BCE

33. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
14
465 BCE
250 BCE
68

34. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
325
c. 600 BCE
202 BCE

35. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
479 BCE
490 BCE
544 BCE
232 BCE

36. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
335
200s
432 BCE

37. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
207 BCE
354
424 BCE

38. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
331 BCE
539 BCE
192
111 BCE

39. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
354
c. 512 BCE
395
404 BCE

40. 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
79
722 BCE
469 BCE
563 BCE

41. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
600 BCE
9
529 BCE
728 BCE

42. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
753 BCE
432 BCE
226
68

43. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
202 BCE
c. 600 BCE
14
753 BCE

44. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
490 BCE
424 BCE
539 BCE

45. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
424 BCE
399 BCE
325

46. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
14
250 BCE
586 BCE

47. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
300 BCE
447 BCE
6 BCE
331 BCE

48. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
700 BCE
68
321 BCE
508 BCE

49. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
111 BCE
335
447 BCE
460 BCE

50. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
432 BCE
700 BCE
230 BCE