 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| c. 100 BC |
| | | The practice of acupuncture is described in Nei Qing, a Chinese medical text | |
| |
|
| -82 BC |
| | | To escape from Italy Caesar joins the army, and serves in Asia with distinction (winning the Civic Crown for courage in action) | |
| |
|
| 64 BC |
| | | Pompey takes Antioch and brings Syria under control as a Roman province | |
| |
|
| 64 BC |
| | | The Roman annexation of Syria brings the Silk Road all the way to the Mediterranean | |
| |
|
| 63 BC |
| | | Pompey captures Jerusalem, bringing Judaea under Roman control | |
| |
|
| 57 BC |
| | | Silla becomes the first of the three kingdoms of Korea, followed by Koguryo in 37 BC and Paekche in 18 BC | |
| |
|
| 53 BC |
| | | Crasssus is killed at Carrhae, in Turkey, when the Parthians defeat his army, largely thanks to their brilliance as mounted archers | |
| |
|
| 53 BC |
| | | The death of Crassus at Carrhae brings to an end the first triumvirate | |
| |
|
| 51 BC |
| | | The Xiongnu split into two hordes, one of them submitting to China and the other moving west | |
| |
|
| c. 50 BC |
| | | The Phoenicians discover that a blob of molten glass can be puffed out to form a hollow vessel | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |