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Growth of trans-Sahara gold trade
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Zoroastrian religion in Iran
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Spread of commercial agriculture; rise of social protest
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Formation of Persian Empire
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Persian empire under Cyrus
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Aeschylus launches tradition of Greek tragedy
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Greek wars with Persia
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Greek defeat of Persia; spread of Athenian empire
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Roman Empire Begins
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Athens at its height; Pericles, Phidia, Sophocles, Socrates
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Peloponnesian Wars
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Warring states period
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Era of Xunzi
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Socrates condemned
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Aristotle
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Philip II of Macedon
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Macedonian Empire;
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Alexander defeats Persians, end of Persian empire
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Alexander the Great
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Chandragupta maurya rules
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Constantine legalizes Christianity
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Height of Maya Civilization
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Flourishing of Hellenistic astronomy and mathematis
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Yueh-chi invasions
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indo-Greek invasion
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Beginning of Han decline
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Julius Caesar ditator
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Assassination of Caesar
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Crucifixion of Jesus
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Kushana Empire in the northwest
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interregnum of wang Mang
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Later Han dynasty; invention of paper and the compass
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Reign of Han Wudi
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development of horse collar, stern -post rudder and windmill
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development of porcelain
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greatest Buddhist influence
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Reign of Liu Bang
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Qin dynasty
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Shi Huangdi proclaimed first emperor of China
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Northern walls connected
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Roman expansion in North Africa and eastern Mediterranean
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Hellenistic Period
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Hellenistic Period
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Kautilya Arthaspastra written
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Spread of Buddhism
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Mauryan Empire
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Alexander invades Persian Empire
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Fall of Rome
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collapse of Gupta dynasty
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Life of the Buddha
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Period of the great Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Legalists