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246 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. | | 246 BC | Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Syria, Seleucid Kingdom [Syrian Wars (274–219 BC)] | King Ptolemy III of Egypt sets out on a career of conquest in the Seleucid Empire, now under Seleucus II: the Third Syrian War. Ptolemy is partly motivated by a desire for revenge for the murders of the Seleucid king Antiochus II and his wife Berenice (Ptolemy III's sister) by Antiochus's ex-wife Laodice in 249 BC. | | 246 BC | China [administration] | The short-lived Qin dynasty is set up in China with the accession of King Zheng, who changes his name to Shi Huangdi. |
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