3rd century BC
(4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
---- Events The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean Rome conquers Spain Great Wall of China begun Indian traders regularly visited Arabia Scythians occupy Sogdiana, in modern-day Uzbekistan. Han dynasty was founded (202 BC - 8 AD).
Significant persons Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC). Euclid, geometer (c. 365 - 275 BC). Ashoka, Mauryan ruler of India 273 BC - 232 BC. Archimedes of Syracuse, mathematician, physicist, and engineer (c. 287 - 212 BC). The Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt* Ptolemy I Soter (305 BC-282 BC) and his wives Eurydice and Berenice I.* Ptolemy II Philadelphos (284 BC-246 BC) and his wives Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos.* Ptolemy III Euergetes I (246 BC-222 BC) and his wife Berenice II.* Ptolemy IV Philopater (222 BC-204 BC) and his wife Arsinoe III.* Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204 BC-180 BC) and his wife Cleopatra I. Apollonius of Perga, mathematician (c. 262 - 190 BC). Qin Shi Huang, Chinese Emperor (259 - 210 BC, reigned 246 - 210 BC). Hannibal, military leader of Carthage (247 - 182 BC).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions Eratosthenes accurately calculates diameter of the Earth Weiqi well-established in China, and may date back to the 2nd millennium BCE
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