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Aristotle

384 BCE – 322 BCE · 62 years

The philosopher who catalogued the world — from logic to biology, politics to poetry. Plato's greatest student, Alexander's tutor, and the mind that shaped Western thought for two thousand years.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

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Scythians

Attested 400 BCE – 100 CE

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Plato

428 BCE – 348 BCE

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Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

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Alexander the Great

356 BCE – 323 BCE

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Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Chandragupta Maurya

340 BCE – 297 BCE

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379 BCE Theban–Spartan War 371 BCE Battle of Leuctra 356 BCE Third Sacred War 350 BCE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 350 BCE Xianyang Palace 343 BCE Samnite Wars

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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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