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121 BC| c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | c. 200 BC–AD c. 200 | South America [religion] | During this period the Nazca Lines are drawn in the desert along the south coast of Peru. These are enormous stylized outlines of animals, including a monkey, whale, spider, and hummingbird, and sets of parallel lines, some as long as 20 km/12 mi. They are believed to be a development of Chavín de Huantar art; they may have had religious significance, or they may have been connected with astronomy. | | 121 BC | Rome [political events] | Gaius Sempronius Gracchus fails to be elected as Roman tribune (magistrate) for a third time in succession. He appears in the Roman Forum to protest against the repeal of some of his enactments and a riot ensues. He is induced to flee, but, on the point of capture, asks his slave to kill him. About 3,000 of his followers are killed in the subsequent fighting. His earlier land reforms are reversed, and land concentration becomes the norm throughout Europe for centuries. |
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