TIMELINE: IAR 221

350 B.C

I n s t i t u t i o n s
• Earliest Mayan City-States
• Mausoleum of Halikarnassos is built
• Beginnings of Nasca culture in southern Peru
• The caste system appeared.
• Powerful states were formed with armies and bureaucracies
• Jainism and Buddhism allowed for a Religious Revolution.
• Growth of the Macedonian Empire

T e c h n o l o g y
• Northern Ecuadorians begin working with metals
• Aristotle presents the idea of a globular Earth based on his study of lunar eclipses.
• Plato proposes the geocentric theory of the universe.

G o v e r n a n c e
• War erupts between Athens and Macedonian Empire
• Philip II of Macedon comes into power
• Roman Emperor Constans is overthrown by General Magnentius, who declares himself Emperor.
• The Sisunaga, which built the Magadha Empire are overthrown by Mahapadma Nanda; beginning of the Nanda dynasty in India.
• Artaxerxes II dies; Artaxerxes III becomes ruler of Persia

C o m m e r c e
• Iron technology allowed for the production of tools, the growth of cities and trade.

350 A.D

I n s t i t u t i o n s
• Roman Empire gains power

T e c h n o l o g y
• New crops such as walnut and vines were produced.
• Efficiency was enhanced on crop production and harvest with innovative machinery and the use of adequate storage in Europe.

G o v e r n a n c e
• King Kaya Maja rules the Akwar region of Central and Western Africa.
• Aksumite army invades Meroe, located in Eastern Africa.
• Alemanni attack Gaul (Europe).
• Attila invades Italy, destroying Aquileia completely and plundering Milan.
• Roman Emperor Valentinian III is murdered.
• Battle of Reims; Alemanni defeats Emperor Julian in North-eastern France.
• Battle of Brumath; Julian defeats Alemanni
• Battle of Argentoratum; Rome overpowers Alemanni, driving him beyond the Rhine (France).
• Battle of Solicinium; emperor Valentinian I defeats Alemanni
• Roman army defeat Alemanni at Strasboug

C o m m e r c e
• Urban population engaged in trades and crafts.
• Less engaged in agriculture.
• Livestock farming becomes popular. Meat, hides, and wool used for trade within the population and also in supplying military forces.
• Arable crop surpluses exported to mainland Europe from the United Kingdom.
• Extensive trade of metals, ceramics, crops, hides, and textiles within the Roman Empire.
• Life in Roman cities was civilized with sanitary measures, education and entertainment.

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