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352 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. | | 352 BC | China [astronomy] | Chinese astronomers make the earliest known record of a ‘visitor star’, probably a supernova. | | 352 BC | Greece [wars] | After two initial defeats, Philip II of Macedon drives the Phocians of central Greece south as he begins to execute his plan to dominate the Greek world. The city-states of Athens and Sparta support the Phocians and Philip is checked at Thermopylae but then moves against Thrace. Athens is saved by Philip falling ill. |
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