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203 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. | | 203 BC | Carthage, Rome [Punic Wars (265–149 BC)] | The Numidian chief Syphax and Carthaginian armies under General Gisco are defeated by the Roman general Scipio the Younger (Scipio Africanus Major) at the Battle of the Great Plains. The Carthaginian general Hannibal is compelled to return home from Italy. |
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