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Period: 500 BCE to 500
The Formation of Classical Societies
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300 BCE
Buddhism becomes well established in northern India
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Period: 102 BCE to 98
Han Wudi successfully defeats the Xiongnu
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Period: 9 to 23
Wang Mang tries to gain control of China
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184
Peasants hold an uprising known as the Yellow Turban Uprising
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200
Sizable Christian communities flourish in Mesopotamia and Iran
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200
Han and Roman Empire suffer large scale epidemics
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200
Roman and Chinese states establish smaller economies that concentrate on each regionś needs
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Period: 200 to 300
Christian missionaries work zealously to convert other, taking full advantage of the many land routes
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Period: 216 to 272
Mani's Life
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Period: 235 to 284
Twenty-six barracks emperors fight for the Roman Throne
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284
Diocletian the Roman emperor divided the empire into two administrations
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300
The Han central government dissolves
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330
Constantinople becomes the capital of a united Roman empire
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476
The last western Roman emperor is deposed by Germanic general Odovacer
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500
The Chinese react enthusiastically to Buddhism
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500
Authorities try to stamp out Manichaeism in the Mediterranean Basin
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550
The heartland of China experiences devastation because of the armies that ravage villages for food and resources
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550
Attila the warrior made the Huns virtually undefeatable
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600
New imperial states reestablished the trade routes and there was much interest in communication and trade once again