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282 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. | | 283 BC–282 BC | Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Macedonia [administration] | King Ptolemy I, Macedonian ruler of Egypt (323–285 BC), and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, dies in Egypt during the winter of 282 BC (c. 81), having already abdicated in favour of his son, Ptolemy II. |
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