400 BC to 1490 AD

400 BC to 1490 BC 

 400 BC to 211 BC: history timeline including Alexander the Great, Ireland, Carthage, Mago II, and a whole lot more.

 

 

 400 BC to 330 BC: Praxiteles, Greek sculptor sculpted an extent statue of Hermes during this period.

 

 396 BC: Carthaginian Phoenicians: Himilco is disastrously defeated in Sicily and commits suicide. Mago takes power.
~ to 375 BC: Mago II ruled in Carthage.
~ Himilco is disastrously defeated by Dionysus of Sicily and commits suicide. Mago II takes power.
~ Carthaginians: Himilco II laid siege to Syracuse.
 
 
 
392 BC: After crushing a Libyan revolt, Mago ends war with Dionysus in Sicily.
 
 
 
 
 
 

378 BC: Mago defeated at the battle of Cronion in Southern Italy by the Syracusan army.  Syracuse and Carthage make peace.

 
378 BC: Carthage: Mago defeated at Battle of Cronion in southern Italy by Syracusan army. Syracuse and Carthage make peace.
 
 377 BC: Hippocrates died about this year. He was born about 400 BC on the island of Kos. Some remnants of his writing may be translated "4 humors" and "Residues of poor diet" He may have used strong language because an oath of his is spoken of today.372
 
375 BC: Carthage: Mago II dies and Mago III takes power. 



372 BC to 289 BC: Life a Mencius, Confucian philosopher who was said to be second only to Confucius himself. He seems to have believed that the right to revolt was mandated by God. He was also a believer in non-violence. He seems to have suggested that change of rule by the withdrawal of support by the the people was a natural good.



350 BC: About this time Heraclides, a disciple of Plato, taught the heliocentric system. The fool thought that the "rising of the sun in the east and its setting in the west" was due mostly to the movement of Earth.
~ More Celtic peoples crossed to Ireland and settle there.


348 BC: Carthage: Second treaty signed with Rome, now a significant power in Italy.
~ to 335 BC: Alexander in Egypt.


344 BC: Carthage: Mago III dies. Hanno III takes power.



 
 
340 BC: Carthage: Hanno III attempts a coup d'eta against the Council of Elders to restore full monarchical powers, but fails and is executed. 


334 BC to 323 BC: Was the time of Alexander the Great.
 

333 BC to 142 BC: Israel under the Greeks: Maccabean Revolution.


329 BC: Alexander founded the city of Escate (Eschate) in Neb.
, now Tajikistan

320 BC to 319 BC: Ireland: Nia Segamain may have been High King during a portion of this period. His mother may have been Flidais of Tuatha De Danann. In his kingship, he was preceded by Conal Collamrach whom he killed and followed by Enna Aignech.

320 BC to 319 BC: Ireland: Nia Segamain may have been a High King during a portion of this period. His mother may have been Flidais of the Danann. In his kingship he was preceded by Conal Collamrach whom he killed and proceeded by Enna Aignech.
 

300 BC: Corn appeared in the Ohio Valley. (Carlisle and Adovasio) 

~ Greeks reach Ireland again.
~ The Olmec  civilization in Central America ended. 
~ to 100 BC: Book of Enoch: ascribed to Enoch, the great grandfather of Noah. The older parts including the Book of the Watchers was probably written down between 300 and 200 BC. The Book of Parables about 100 BC.

275 BC: Manetho, high priest of Egypt, Wrote a history of Egypt in Greek.

250 BC: Ireland: Strong influence of La Tien, Iron Age people.
~ The Celtic culture of the La la Tene civilization found in Ireland and elsewhere is named after a site in Switzerland.
~ Iberian culture flowered under Greek and Carthaginian influence. 
~ to 400 BC: Roman warm period.

247 BC to 183 BC: Hannibal, famous Carthaginian soldier and statesman, Crossed the Alps (with elephants) to invade Italy where he defeated the Romans in many battles. He was defeated at Zama.


214 BC to 212 BC: Siege of Syracuse.
 
 
 


206 BC to 220 BC: The Han Chinese did a good job of keeping the East West Silk Road opened until(?) powerful persons of the Ottoman Empire successfully boycotted the trade.




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