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2 Significant persons

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

4 Decades and years

( 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries)

( 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)

1 Events

The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean
Rome conquers Spain
Great Wall of China begun
Indian traders regularly visited Arabia
Scythians occupy Sogdiana, in modern-day UzbekistanThe Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Ozbekiston Respublikasi ( In detail) National motto: none Official language Uzbek Capital Tash.
Han dynasty was founded ( 202 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 3rd century BC 4th century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC Events October 19 Scipio Africanus Major defeats H - 8 ADCenturies: 1st century BC 1st century 2nd century Decades: 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s Years: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Events Ovid is banished to the Black Sea; his Ars Amatoria contains the first reference to the board game).

2 Significant persons

MenciusMencius (most accepted dates: 372 BC 289 BC; other possible dates: 385 BC 303 BC or 302 BC) was born in the State of Zou , now forming the territory of the county-level city of Zoucheng , Shandong province, only 30 km (18 miles) south of Qufu, the town of, ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute philosopherA philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. The word, "philosopher," literally means "lover of wisdom. Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics Epicu and sage ( 371Centuries: 5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC Decades: 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 376 BC 375 BC 374 BC 373 BC 372 BC 371 BC 370 BC 369 BC 368 BC 367 BC 366 BC Events Battle of Leuctra, - 289 BC).
Euclid, geometer (c. 365 - 275 BC).
The Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt
- Ptolemy I Soter ( 305 BC- 282 BC) and his wifes Eurydice and Berenice I.
- Ptolemy II Philadelphos ( 284 BC- 246 BC) and his wifes Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos.
- Ptolemy III Euergetes I ( 246 BC- 222 BC) and his wife Berenice II.
- Ptolemy IV Philopater ( 222 BC- 204 BC) and his wife Arsinoe III.
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes ( 204 BC- 180 BC) and his wife Cleopatra I.
Archimedes of Syracuse, mathematician, physicist, and engineer (c. 287 - 212 BC).
Apollonius of Perga, mathematician (c. 262 - 190 BC).
Qin Shi Huang, Chinese Emperor ( 259 - 210 BC, reigned 246 - 210 BC).
Hannibal, military leader of Carthage ( 247 - 182 BC).

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Eratosthenes accurately calculates diameter of the Earth

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