HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historical Periods.

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Maurya Empire

322 p.n.e. → 185 p.n.e.

Also known as Empire Maurya · Imperio Mauria · Imperio Maurya

Large ancient Indian empire founded under Chandragupta Maurya and expanded under his successors, including Ashoka, before its decline in the second century BCE.

historical era5

Warring States period

475 p.n.e. → 221 p.n.e.

Also known as Chinese Warring States · Okres Walczących Królestw · Période des Royaumes combattants

Period of competing states in ancient China ending with political unification under Qin.

historical era5

Ancient Greece

1200 p.n.e. → 600

Also known as Altes Griechenland · antica Grecia · Antigua Grecia

Broad historical era of Greek-speaking communities and city-states, including the archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods; its boundaries are conventional.

historical era2

Classical Greek period

480 p.n.e. → 323 p.n.e.

Part of Ancient Greece

Also known as Age of Classical Greece · Classical Greece · Epoca clásica

Period of the Greek city-states encompassing the Persian Wars, the ascendancy of Athens, the Peloponnesian War and the rise of Macedon before the death of Alexander the Great.