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4.2-kiloyear event: A severe aridification event that probably lasts the entire 22nd century BC and causes the collapse of several Old World civilizations. 2217 BC –2193 BC: Nomadic invasions of the Mesopotamian city of Akkad. c. 2200 BC: Austronesians reach the Batanes Islands of the Philippine Archipelago as part of the Austronesian Expansion.
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The historical Gilgamesh had died centuries earlier before his epic was recorded. 4.2 kiloyear event – the land became very dry, an event that probably lasted the entire 22nd century BC and caused the end of several Old World civilizations. 2217 BC – 2193 BC: Nomadic invasions of Akkad. 2200 BC: Sixth dynasty of Egypt ended.
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200 BC: Battle of Panium: Antiochus III of the Seleucid empire defeats Ptolemy V of Egypt.c.200 BC: In ancient Philippines, the archipelago's indigenous people began to increase their contact with other nations in Southeast and East Asia, resulting in the establishment of fragmented cit...Politics
1. Andriscus, last independent ruler of Macedon 2. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the last effective ruler of the Seleucid Empire 3. Antiochus VII Sidetes, last King of a United Seleucid Empire 4. Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC), Roman consul and censor 5. Boiorix, king of the Cimbri 6. Cato the Elder, Roman politician, writer and historian 7. Gaius Gracchus, Roman politician 8. Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician 9. Jonathan Maccabaeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and first aut...
Military
1. Huo Qubing, Chinese general 2. Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Hasmoneanrebellion and its first successful general 3. Li Guang, Chinese general 4. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus, Roman general 5. Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, Roman general 6. Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Roman general 7. Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, Roman general that conquered Carthage 8. Wei Qing, Chinese general
Literature
1. Apollodorus of Athens, Greek writer, grammarian, and historian 2. Bion of Smyrna, Greek poet 3. Gaius Lucilius, Roman satirist 4. Lutatius Catulus, Roman poet, orator and historian 5. Lucius Accius, Roman poet 6. Moschus, Greek poet 7. Pacuvius, Roman poet 8. Quintus Ennius, Roman poet 9. Sima Xiangru(司馬相如), Chinese musician, poet and writer 10. Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman playwright 11. Terence, Roman playwright 12. Sangam literature, corpus of ancient Tamil literature 13. Kaniyan Pungun...
The Chinese first produce paper.Silk Road between Europe and Asia.Hipparchus discovers precession of Earth's equinoxes and compiles first trigonometrictables.Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century. Solar eclipses. June 25, 2150: a total solar eclipse with longer than 7 minutes of totality. This will be the first time this has happened in 177 years. July 5, 2168: 7 minutes 26 seconds of totality. July 16, 2186: 7 minutes 29 seconds (close to the theoretical maximum).
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