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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






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






7. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






8. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






9. 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






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






11. Death of Socrates






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






13. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






14. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






15. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






16. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






18. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






20. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






21. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






22. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






23. Sunga Empire founded.






24. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






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






26. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






27. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






28. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






29. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






30. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






31. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






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






33. Death of Cyrus






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






35. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






36. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






37. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






38. Death of Gautama Buddha






39. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






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






42. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






43. 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.






44. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






45. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






46. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






47. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






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






49. Death of Gautama Buddha






50. Sunga Empire founded.