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4000 BCE
Around the time Hinduism Begins
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1800 BCE
Judaism Begins
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800 BCE
Around the Beginning of Greek culture
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Period: 550 BCE to 486 BCE
Darius I
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Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE
Achaemenid Dynasty
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536 BCE
Kingdom of Judah defeated; starts Jewish Diaspora
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509 BCE
Around the start of Roman Culture
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Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE
Roman Republic
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500 BCE
The Jewish Bible is first written
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500 BCE
Siddhartha Gautama
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500 BCE
Confucian develops Confucianism
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500 BCE
Around when Daoism developed
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Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE
Hellenistic Empires
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Period: 322 BCE to 186 BCE
Mauryan Empire
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Period: 322 BCE to 186 BCE
Mauryan Dynasty
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214 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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206 BCE
The Han dynasty adopted Confucianism
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty
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100 BCE
Around the beginning of Roman culture
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Period: 27 BCE to 476
Roman Empire
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Period: 27 BCE to 180
Pax Romana (Around)
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4 BCE
Around the birth of Jesus of Nazareth
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Period: 64 to 313
Roman Persecution of Christians
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100
Around when Confucian thought became popular
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240
Asoka (around)
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313
Constantine converted to Christianity
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Period: 320 to 550
Gupta Empire