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The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical Era, epoch, or historical period . In the Mediterranean Basin, the first few decades of this century were characterized by a balance of power between the Greek Hellenistic kingdoms in the east, and the great mercantile ...
Timeline of aviation pre-18th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century begins Aviation portal This is a list of aviation -related events occurring before the end of the 17th century (on 31 December 1700): Antiquity c. 1700 BC Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus explores the desire to fly and the inherent dangers of it. c. 850 BC Legendary King Bladud attempts to fly over the ...
The majority of Egyptologists agree on the outline and many details of the chronology of Ancient Egypt. This scholarly consensus is known as the Conventional Egyptian chronology, which places the beginning of the Old Kingdom in the 27th century BC, the beginning of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st century BC and the beginning of the New Kingdom ...
Event c. 16,000 BC: During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets: c. 12,000 BC: A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland: c. 10,000 BC: Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. c. 8000 BC: Mesolithic hunter-gatherers migrate to Ireland c. 6500 BC
1718: The city of New Orleans is founded by the French in North America. 1718: Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island. 1718 – 1730: Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire. 1719: The Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails.
8th century BC. The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC. The 8th century BC was a period of great change for several historically significant civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties lead to rule from Kingdom of Kush in the 25th Dynasty.
The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1". 1st century AD ( Anno Domini) follows.
