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73 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. | | c. 200 BC–AD c. 200 | South America [religion] | During this period the Nazca Lines are drawn in the desert along the south coast of Peru. These are enormous stylized outlines of animals, including a monkey, whale, spider, and hummingbird, and sets of parallel lines, some as long as 20 km/12 mi. They are believed to be a development of Chavín de Huantar art; they may have had religious significance, or they may have been connected with astronomy. | | c. 85 BC–AD c. 52 | East Asia [art] | The earliest known Chinese lacquer (found at Lak Lang in North Korea in modern times) is produced. | | 73 BC | Palestine [births and deaths] | Herod the Great, King of Judaea under the Romans 37–4 BC, born (–4 BC). | | 73 BC | Rome [wars] | Spartacus, a gladiatorial slave, takes up the cause of the badly treated agricultural slaves in Italy, and sets up bandit headquarters on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Spartacus' followers increase rapidly and he tries to curb their worst excesses, hoping to march north to the Alps, from where his soldiers can return to their homes. | | 73 BC | China, Former Han Empire, Central Asia [administration] | Chinese emperor, Zhaodi, dies and is succeeded by Xuandi, who enlarges the Han Empire to an extent never known before. He makes alliances with all the enemies of the Huns, then penetrates into their territory, conquering parts of it. This causes a civil war among the Huns, and one claimant asks for Xuandi's aid. Xuandi helps him to become ruler of Mongolia, and he marries a Chinese princess. |
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