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260 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. | | 260 BC | Rome, Carthage, Sicily [Punic Wars (265–149 BC)] | The Romans win a resounding naval victory over the Carthaginians off Mylae in Sicily (the date may be two years earlier). | | 260 BC | India, Mauryan Empire [wars] | The Mauryan emperor Asoka completes the conquest of virtually the whole of the Indian subcontinent by the bloody defeat of Kalinga on the east coast. After this he renounces war, and Buddhism prospers throughout India. It is introduced to the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where it has continued to flourish. |
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