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1. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
563 BCE
c. 200 BCE
230 BCE
200s

2. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
325
326 BCE
395

3. 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.
476
6 BCE
305 BCE
300 BCE

4. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
200s
354
509 BCE

5. Birth of Socrates
550 BCE
4 BCE
238
469 BCE

6. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
70
232 BCE
539 BCE
458 BCE

7. 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
612 BCE
200 BCE
500 BCE
202 BCE

8. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
479 BCE
549 BCE
207 BCE
458 BCE

9. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
432 BCE
c. 512 BCE
326 BCE
480 BCE

10. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
44 BCE
257 BCE
600 BCE

11. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
221 BCE
232 BCE
257 BCE
424 BCE

12. Murder of Xerxes
551 BCE
465 BCE
9
600 BCE

13. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
410
378
c. 100 BCE
399 BCE

14. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
29
550 BCE
404 BCE

15. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
200s
354
321 BCE
378

16. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
221 BCE
483 BCE
776 BCE
551 BCE

17. 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.
378
313
745 BCE
776 BCE

18. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
490 BCE
509 BCE
79
480 BCE

19. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
728 BCE
753 BCE
c. 600 BCE
539 BCE

20. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
475 BCE
79
384 BCE

21. Defeat of Gordian III (238
79
410
563 BCE
238

22. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
458 BCE
424 BCE
202 BCE
700 BCE

23. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
325
117
551 BCE
479 BCE

24. 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
192
776 BCE
563 BCE
c. 500 BCE

25. 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
300 BCE
14
476
354

26. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
722 BCE
480 BCE
44 BCE

27. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
331 BCE
476
300 BCE
354

28. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
700 BCE
410
232 BCE
323 BCE

29. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
458 BCE
29
6 BCE
447 BCE

30. 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.
221 BCE
476
c. 455
4 BCE

31. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
285
395
14
424 BCE

32. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
612 BCE
313
185 BCE
111 BCE

33. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
18 BCE
660 BCE
529 BCE
465 BCE

34. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
539 BCE
220
544 BCE
469 BCE

35. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
200 BCE
399 BCE
509 BCE
612 BCE

36. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
404 BCE
111 BCE
458 BCE

37. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
469 BCE
354
745 BCE
539 BCE

38. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
9
202 BCE
285
722 BCE

39. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
508 BCE
508 BCE
300 BCE

40. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
111 BCE
551 BCE
410
399 BCE

41. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
305 BCE
c. 200 BCE
429 BCE
432 BCE

42. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
18 BCE
9
410
490 BCE

43. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
400 BCE
c. 500 BCE
273 BCE
14

44. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
551 BCE
586 BCE
44 BCE

45. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
469 BCE
745 BCE
653 BCE

46. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
549 BCE
509 BCE
586 BCE
c. 600 BCE

47. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
600 BCE
475 BCE
185 BCE
550 BCE

48. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
117
429 BCE
305 BCE

49. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
410
117
70
563 BCE

50. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
226
612 BCE
509 BCE
250 BCE