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Fourth century BC - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: G, Aeon, Age, Ages, Bicentennial, Buck, Cartwheel, Cent, Centenarian, Centennial, Centigram, Centimeter, Centipede |
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(5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries)
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
Events
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)
Decades and years
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Example Usage of century |
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1SupremeGoddess: RT @andilinks: This is 21st century America, we have the lessons of the 1930's to draw upon. @DaniOcean #p2 #tcot #ocra |
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missyyJones: Sorry, i needed to say this .. This was THE joke of the century ! |
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zoecarnate: Just learned about T/ Odes Project: Odes of Solomon - 'the earliest Xian hymnal' (circa 2nd century) put to music! http://theodesproject.com |
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