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The start of Buddhism is an impossible date to pinpoint but it was founded about 2,500 ago from the modern day and it was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. The goal of Buddhism is to end all suffering in the world. -
The Mauryan Empire was the first Mjaor empire to emerge in India and it took over all of the Indian provinces and some of the middle eastern provinces of Alexander of Macedon's empire.
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The first Punic War was between the Romans and the Carthaginian empire stemming from the island of Sicily
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Sometime early in the first Punic War, the Romans obtained a Carthaginian ship.
The Romans said the ship had washed ashore.
The Romans then took the Carthaginian ship tore it down piece by piece and rebuilt it and directly copied the Carthaginian design. -
The siege at Agrementmon was a double encirclement where the Romans were stuck in the middle and after some time the Rome and Carthaginians went to fight each other and Rome won despite suffering 30,000 casualties to Cartahges 7,000 deaths. -
The Corvus was an invention that let the Romans which is basically just a big bride with a spike on the bottom that let the Romans run abroad enemy ships so they can engage in melee combat. This led to the Romans winning their first naval battle against the sea-faring nation of Carthage and increased the overall chance of victory for the Romans. -
This was potentially the largest naval battle in ancient history with both sides having about ~350 ships each. The Romans won the battle and it allowed the Romans to land in Africa and invade Carthage -
The Carthaginians sent out a hastily built fleet of ships to protect their last settlements on the island of Sicily. The Carthaginians soon surrendered to get themselves out of debt and this caused a treaty to be sought out by the Romans that punished the Carthaginians severely. -
Carthage enters Spain to pay off there debt's to the Romans -
The second Punic War stemmed from the overbearing restrictions put on Carthage after the first Punic War and almost led to the destruction of the Romans.
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Hannibal Barca of Carthage crosses the Alps in 16 days to invade Rome from the land. -
The Battle of Canne was the worst loss in the History of Rome's existence with over 60,000 deaths, casualties, and slaves taken according to the historians of the time which equated to about 20% of the Roman male population of fighting age dying or being captured at the end of the battle causing most of southern Italy to side with the Carthaginians. -
The Romans tried to invade Syracuse previously and failed thanks to Archamedies being a Ccazy guy who may or may not have made a death ray and other inventions that prevented the Roman invasion for years. even during the siege, the Roman government ordered Archamedies to stay alive but a soldier murdered him after Archamedies said go away I'm doing math.
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The battle of New Carthage was the turning point for the Romans in the second Punic War after Scipio the Younger led them to take the capital of the Iberian peninsula causing the loss of the Carthaginian silver mines and by extension, there backing for the war effort. -
The Han dynasty was founded by Liu Bang who became the emperor of China tell his death in ~195 B.C.E. They were the Second of the Five Chinese Dynasties. The Nation mostly followed Confucius's beliefs.
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Now a Roman Consul Scipio led a siege against the city of Utica just a few days away from Carthage so the Carthaginians led a battle to protect against the capital of the empire with Syphax one of the leaders of the Numidian tribes while the other major leader helped Scipio and beat the Carthaginians and caused the recall of Hannibal to Carthage. -
Scipio Fight Hannibal whichever side won the battle won the war. After Hannibal sent in the war elephants, the Roman line moved to let the elephants through the group. Then, the cavalry went to fight each other away from the infantry lines. An infantry battle ensued, and both sides became evenly matched. After some time, the Roman cavalry came back and caused the defeat of Hannibal and, by extension, the Nation of Carthage. -
It was a short war that led to the destruction of the city-state of Carthage and its people with the Roughly 50,000 survivors being sold into slavery.
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The Han Dynasty established the Silk Road a major trade route between China and the rest of the world. That outlasted the Han dynasty.
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The Gupta Empire was the successor to the Mauryan Empire in India and also found/used the concept of zero and found Pi to four places being of of the most mathematically advanced societies. they are also the one of the first nations to be founded on Buhdist ideas