4th century BC
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(5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries)
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
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Events
- Invasion of the Celts into Ireland
- Gauls sack Rome
- Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire
- The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian people.
- The Romans conquer the Abruzzi region.
Significant persons
- Plato, philosopher (c. 427 - 347 BC).
- Tollund Man, Human sacrifice victim on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, possibly the earliest known evidence for worship of Odin.
- Aristotle, philosopher and scientist (384 - 322 BC).
- Philip II of Macedon (born 382, reigned 359 - 336 BC).
- Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC).
- Shang Yang, Prime Minister of Qin, his reform helped Qin to become the strongest country and later unified China (term 361 - 338 BC).
- Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, invades Asia Minor, Persia and reaches India (born 356, reigned 336 - 323 BC).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Oldest Brahmi script dates from this period (Brahmi is the ancestor of Indic scripts)
- Romans build first aqueduct
- Chinese use bellows
Decades and years
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