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Asia

King's Peace (387 BC): Persia Dictates Terms to the Greeks

The Corinthian War ended; the Greek cities of Asia Minor passed to Persia and Sparta became the enforcer of the peace in Greece.

387 BC · 5 min read

The Mencius became one of the Four Books of Confucianism and Mencius was honoured as the Second Sage after Confucius.

c. 372-289 BC · 6 min read

The book Zhuangzi became, with the Tao Te Ching, one of the two founding classics of Daoism.

c. 369-286 BC · 5 min read

The Archaic temple was destroyed by arson and replaced by an even grander Late Classical temple, counted among the Seven Wonders.

356 BC · 6 min read

Qin became a centralised, militarised state based on law, rewards and punishments, laying the foundation for its unification of China in 221 BC.

356 BC · 6 min read

The tomb became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and gave the word 'mausoleum' to many languages.

c. 353 BC · 6 min read

The Nandas built the largest kingdom in India up to their time but were overthrown by Chandragupta Maurya.

c. 345 BC · 5 min read

Decisive Qi victory; Pang Juan died, the Wei crown prince was captured and Wei lost its position as the leading power.

342 BC · 4 min read

Qu Yuan died by drowning in the Miluo River around 278 BC; his poems founded the Chu Ci tradition and he became linked with the Dragon Boat Festival.

c. 340-278 BC · 6 min read

Alexander conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire and reached the Indus, but his empire split among his generals after his death in 323 BC.

336-323 BC · 8 min read

Macedonian victory; the Persian satraps' army was destroyed and western Asia Minor lay open to Alexander.

334 BC · 6 min read

Decisive Macedonian victory; Darius III fled and his mother, wife and children were captured.

333 BC · 8 min read