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150 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. | | c. 150 BC | China, Former Han Empire, India, Europe, Mauryan Empire [trade] | The Silk Road, a trade route from China to India and Europe, begins to be used. By AD 200 it is 6,400 km/4,000 mi long and stretches from the Levant in the eastern Mediterranean to Sian in China. It is the longest road in the world for nearly 2,000 years. | | 150 BC | China, Former Han Empire [colonization] | During this period, the Huns, faced with a strong and expanding China under the Han dynasty, find themselves pushed inwards from the east rather than themselves pushing into China. They press on a kindred people, the Yue Ji, who infiltrate westwards into Turkestan and around the Sea of Aral. This affects the Scythians, soon to be known by the Indians as the Shakas. | | c. 150 BC | Greece, Rome [historical study] | The Greek historian Polybius publishes the first part of his History. Written to explain the rise of Rome, in its final form it covers the period 264 BC–146 BC. |
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