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






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






3. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






4. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






5. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






6. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






7. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






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






9. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






10. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






12. Birth of Socrates






13. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






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






15. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






16. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






17. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






18. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






19. completion of Euclid's Elements






20. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






22. Death of Socrates






23. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






24. Democracy instituted atAthens






25. 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.






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






27. Birth of Socrates






28. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






29. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






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






32. Rise of Persian Empire






33. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






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






36. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






37. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






38. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






39. Construction of the Parthenon






40. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






41. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






42. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






43. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






45. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






46. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






48. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






49. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






50. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






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