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Socrates

470 BCE – 399 BCE · 71 years

The stonemason’s son who never wrote a word, yet became the most influential philosopher in Western history — condemned to death by the democracy he loved for the crime of asking questions.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Scythians

Attested 400 BCE – 100 CE

Figure · Athens

Pericles

495 BCE – 429 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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Plato

428 BCE – 348 BCE

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Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Kolsai Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 470 BCE and 399 BCE.

447 BCE Parthenon 435 BCE Statue of Zeus at Olympia 431 BCE Peloponnesian War 400 BCE Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion 400 BCE Axum 400 BCE Yoshinogari

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Statue of Zeus at Olympia Landmark · Europe 435 BCE – 426 CE Xiongnu Polity · East Asia 400 BCE – 500 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Conflict · Europe 499 BCE – 449 BCE Biskupin Landmark · Europe 750 BCE – 400 BCE Nabatean Kingdom Polity · Middle East 400 BCE – 106 CE
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