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Alexander the Great

356 BCE – 323 BCE · 33 years

The king who conquered the known world before the age of thirty — from Macedonia to Egypt to the borders of India.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Scythians

Attested 400 BCE – 100 CE

Figure · Greece

Plato

428 BCE – 348 BCE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Figure · India

Chandragupta Maurya

340 BCE – 297 BCE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Figure · Greece

Aristotle

384 BCE – 322 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 356 BCE and 323 BCE.

356 BCE Third Sacred War 350 BCE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 350 BCE Xianyang Palace 343 BCE Samnite Wars 340 BCE Latin War 334 BCE Conquests of Alexander the Great

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Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Persian Royal Road Trade route · Middle East 500 BCE – 330 BCE Conquests of Alexander the Great Conflict · Europe 334 BCE – 323 BCE Pasargadae Landmark · Middle East 546 BCE – 330 BCE Monte Albán Polity · Americas 323 BCE – 700 CE
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