305 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. | | 305 BC | India, Mauryan Empire [wars] | Seleucus, the ruler of Babylon, consolidates his Asian empire as far as India where he is checked by Indian emperor Chandragupta Maurya who gains control of the Indus valley as well as the Ganges valley, laying the foundations of the Mauryan Empire. Seleucus relinquishes all claims, receiving 500 war-trained elephants as a gift. | | 305 BC | Macedon [weapons] | Macedonian king Demetrius I introduces catapults onto ships; they fire heavy darts and stones – the first missile weapons – and result in the building of forecastles and sterncastles – temporary wooden turrets – to provide elevated platforms from which to fire. |
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