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The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
A Han dynasty Chinese crossbow from the 2nd century BCE. Oldest Brahmi script dates from this period. Brāhmī is the ancestor of Brahmic scripts, used in much of India and Southeast Asia. Romans build their first aqueduct. Chinese use the handheld trigger crossbow for the first time. The first crossbow, the gastraphetes, is invented at ...
Near East in 1400 BCE. Events and trends. April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins. [1] 1400 BC ...
The 9th century BC started the first day of 900 BC and ended the last day of 801 BC. It was a period of great change for several civilizations. In Africa, Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians.
From top left clockwise: The Parthenon, a former temple in Athens, Greece; Aristotle, Greek philosopher; Gautama Buddha, a spiritual teacher and the founder of Buddhism; Wars of Alexander the Great last from 336 BC to 323 BC; Letters of the Greek alphabet; People working during the Iron Age; Roman dictator, Julius Caesar is assassinated by the Roman Senate in 44 BC.
Saul, king of Israel (1037 BC-1010 BC) (according to the Bible and Tanakh only.No real historical evidence) David, king of the ancient Israelites (1006 BC–965 BC) (see [5]
Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 500 BC. Roman expansion in Italy from 500 BC to 218 BC through the Latin War (light red), Samnite Wars (pink/orange), Pyrrhic War (beige), and First and Second Punic War (yellow and green).
Statue of Thutmosis III at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. 1504 BC – 1492 BC: Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant. [1]1500 BC – 1400 BC: The Battle of the Ten Kings took place around this time.