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Ashoka dies and his rule ends. The Mauryan empire only lasts about 50 years after his death.
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Ashoka, Chandragupta's grandson, takes power over the Mauryan Kingdom in 270 B.C.
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Chandrgupta Maurya, a comander in the army, comes to power in India. His empire was called the Mauryan Empire.
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Alexander the Great conqueres the Persian empire in 331 BC.
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This is when the Persian Empire is its strongest. It was started by Cyrus. Alexander thr Great eventually conquered th ePersian Empire in 331 BC.
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Cambyses II dies, another great ruler of Persia. He first became king right after Cyrus died.
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A king of Persia, Cyrus unites all kingdoms in the Median Kingdom and also conquers Babylon. This makes the Persian Empire huge.
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By this time, Sanskrit was in a written language. There were 16 states there and the Aryan culture had spread all the way to the Ganges river.
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Dayyauku founds the Median Empire, which eventually became the Persian Empire.
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The Aryans came from the Hindu Kush Mountains from the north and invaded the Indus River Valley. They spoke Sanskrit and had a written language. They followed a book called the Vedas.
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This is the time that the Harappan civilization existed.
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The Harrapan civilization vanishes, scientists don't know why. A theory is that a natural disaster occured.
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The Mauryan empire ends and conflicts between regions start.
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Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, dies.
Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/937797/posts -
Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire, dies.
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Darius I dies. He was the third king after Cyrus and Cambyses II. He ruled Persia from when Cambyses II dies.
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This is the time the Mauryan empire lasted.
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This is when civilization began here, even though people had been here since 3500 BC
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Even though the first people settled here, civilization hadn't begun yet.