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The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era , epoch , or historical period . This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
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 ...
The chart was popular enough to be reprinted through several editions, and has been updated to continue into the 21st century. [3] [4] [6] [8] Knock off copies were produced in America and England. One such copy was published by Irish geologist Edward Hull in 1890, which gave an incorrect attribution to him after he added a geologic strata to ...
[4] c. 1480 BC: Queen Hatshepsut succeeded by her stepson and nephew Thutmosis III. Period of greatest Egyptian expansion (4th Nile cataract to the Euphrates). [5] c. 1469 BC: In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan (Low Chronology). [6] c. 1460 BC: The Kassites overrun Babylonia and found a dynasty there that lasts for 576 years and ...
The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a minus sign, so '2 BC' is equal to 'year -1', '1 BC' is equal to astronomical 'year 0', and so forth. In the Gregorian system , the Nth century AD starts in the year (N-1)*100+1 and ends in year N*100, so for example, the 16th century begins on January 1 ...
c. 1700 BC – Aegean metalworkers begin producing crafts that rival those of the ancient Near East, whose techniques they seem to borrow. c. 1700 BC – The Indus Valley civilization comes to an end and the Cemetery H culture begins. c. 1700 BC – Lila-Ir-Tash starts ruling the Elamite Empire. c. 1700 BC – Bronze Age starts in China.