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322 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. | | 323 BC–322 BC | Egypt [administration] | Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great's generals and possibly his half-brother, has Alexander's body brought to Memphis in Egypt and buried there in a gold sarcophagus. He marries Alexander's mistress, Thaïs, and claims the position of satrap of Egypt, thereby founding the Ptolemaic dynasty. | | 322 BC | Persia, Babylon [administration] | The struggle to succeed Alexander the Great develops in Babylon. A compromise is reached whereby Roxana's son, Alexander Aegus, and the dead king's young half-brother, Arrhidaeus, are to be considered rulers. Perdiccas, Alexander's head general, is appointed regent of the empire, and tries to keep effective control. Antipater, Alexander's regent in Macedon, is confirmed in his position. | | 322 BC | Greece [births and deaths] | Aristotle, celebrated Greek philosopher and scientist, pupil of Plato, and tutor of Alexander the Great, dies in Chalcis, Euboea (c. 62). |
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