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Events
Significant persons
- Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC).
- Euclid, geometer (c. 365 - 275 BC).
- Ashoka, Mauryan ruler of India 273 BC - 232 BC.
- Archimedes of Syracuse, mathematician, physicist, and engineer (c. 287 - 212 BC).
- The Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt
- Eratosthenes (c. 276 - 194 BC), Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer.
- Apollonius of Perga, mathematician (c. 262 - 190 BC).
- Qin Shi Huang, Chinese Emperor (259 - 210 BC, reigned 246 - 210 BC).
- Hannibal, military leader of Carthage (247 - 182 BC).
- the "second" Brennus, Gaulish chieftain, invades Macedonia in 279 BC
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Eratosthenes accurately calculates diameter of the Earth
- Weiqi well-established in China, and may date back to the 2nd millennium BC
- Stone of Canopus (for Ptolemy III), No. 1, in Rosetta Stone Series of 3 stones. Implements Leap year in Egypt. Leap year not formally recognized until Caesar in 55 B.C.
Decades and years
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el:3ος αιώνας π.Χ.
es:Siglo III adC
eo:3-a jarcento a.K.
fr:IIIe siècle av. J.-C.
ko:기원전 3세기
hr:3. stoljeće p.n.e.
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lb:3. Joerhonnert v. Chr.
nl:3e eeuw v. Chr.
ja:紀元前3世紀
nn:200-talet fvt.
no:3. århundre f.Kr.
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scn:Sèculu III a.C.
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sv:200-talet f.Kr.
tt:MA 3. yöz
uk:3 століття до Р.Х.
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