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2 Significant persons

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

4 Decades and years

( 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries)

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

1 Events

Invasion of the Celts into Ireland
Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire
Romans build first aqueduct
Chinese use bellows

2 Significant persons

Plato, philosopher (c. 427 - 347 BC).
Tollund ManThe Tollund man lived during the late 5th century BC and/or early 4th century BC, about 2,400 years ago. He was buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, a find known as a bog body. He is remarkable for the fact that his body was so well p, Human sacrificeHuman sacrifice was practiced in many ancient cultures. Victims were ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease gods or spirits. On very rare occasions human sacrifices still occur today. Reasons for human sacrifice include: Sacrif victim on the JutlandJutland ( Danish: Jylland German: Jutland is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. Its terrain is relatively flat, with low hills and peat bogs PeninsulaA peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit. Peninsulas of the world: Continental Europe Apsheron, A in DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe, possibly the earliest known evidence for worship of OdinWotan Wodan Woden Oden Odin or dinn is usually considered the supreme god of Germanic and Norse mythology. His role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is god of both wisdom and war, roles not necessarily conceived of as being mutually sympat.
AristotleAristotle ( Greek Αριστοτλης Aristotelēs) ( 384 BCE March 7, 322 BCE) was a Greek scientist and philosopher. Along with Plato, he is often considered to be one of the two most influential philo, philosopher and scientist ( 384Centuries: 5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC Decades: 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC Years: 389 BC 388 BC 387 BC 386 BC 385 BC 384 BC 383 BC 382 BC 381 BC 380 BC 379 BC Births Aristotle, - 322 BC).
Philip II of Macedon (born 382, reigned 359 - 336 BC).
Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage ( 371 - 289 BC).
Shang Yang, Prime Minister of Qin, his reform helped Qin to become the strongest country and later unified China (term 361 - 338 BC).
Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, invades Asia Minor, Persia and reaches India (born 356, reigned 336 - 323 BC).

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Oldest Brahmi script dates from this period (Brahmi is the ancestor of Indic scripts)

4 Decades and years

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