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241 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. | | 241 BC | Rome, Carthage, Sicily [Punic Wars (265–149 BC)] | The Romans win a resounding victory off the Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum in Sicily with their new fleet and the Carthaginians accept severe peace terms; the First Punic War is over. Carthage agrees to abandon all claim to Sicily, to refrain from sailing its warships in Italian waters, and to pay an indemnity of 3,200 talents. The Carthaginian army, however, is allowed to return home with its arms. |
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