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238 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. | | 240 BC–237 BC | Carthage [revolution] | The rulers of Carthage in north Africa refuse to pay the troops returning from the First Punic War in Sicily, provoking a ruthless civil war in which the proletariat join the mercenaries under Spendius and Matho, who are later executed. The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca finally puts down the rebellion. |
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