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86| 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. | | 81–91 | China, Central Asia [wars] | The Chinese general Ban Chao drives the Xiongnu nomads, who have been attacking China, out of the entire Tarim Basin (modern Sinkiang) in Central Asia. He is made protector general of the western regions. | | 86 | Roman Empire [poetry] | The Latin poet Martial begins publishing his books of epigrams: witty, satirical observations on Roman life and society. The last book will be published around AD 100. He survives in Rome by flattering his patrons and friends and vilifying their enemies. | | 86 | Roman Empire, Dacia [Dacian Wars (87–106)] | The Dacians, from the area of modern Romania, cross the River Danube into the Roman province of Moesia under their king, Decebalus, defeating the Roman legate there. |
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