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330 BC| 480 BC–330 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek classical style of sculpture develops more realism than the preceding Archaic period. Its leading exponents are Phidias (in the 5th century BC), and Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus (in the 4th century 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. | | 330 BC–323 BC | Greece [philosophy] | Greek philosopher Aristotle composes his History of Animals, Rhetoric, Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Logic, Poetics, Politics, and a large number of other works. In politics he shows no sympathy with either his one-time pupil Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, or the democracy of Athens. | | 330 BC | Greece, Macedon [sculpture] | The Greek sculptor Lysippus of Sicyon is reputedly the favourite of the king of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and his portraits of Alexander profoundly influence the iconography of rulers of the time. The colossal statue Farnese Hercules is thought to be a Roman copy of an original by Lysippus. | | 330 BC | Persian Empire [campaigns of Alexander the Great (334–323 BC)] | King Darius III of Persia is made prisoner by Bessus, his satrap (provincial governor) of Bactria (northern Afghanistan), and is assassinated in July, just as Alexander the Great catches up with the Persians, who cease all resistance. |
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