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A Museum of World History: 250 BC to 49 CE (Level 4: No hints)

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221 BCE Qin Shihuang unites China’s Warring States and launches the Qin Dynasty.
212 BCE Archimedes figures out how to measure the density of an object.
202 BCE Han leader Liu Bang commands soldiers who defeat the soldiers of Xian Yu at the Battle of Gaixa and launch the Han Dynasty.
130 BCE Silk Road's last link is completed by the Han, connecting China and the Roman Empire.
49 BCE Caesar’s army crosses the Rubicon river on their return to Italy, leading to Caesar election as dictator, and the end of the age of the Roman Republic.
47 BCE Cleopatra takes power in Egypt.
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29 BCE Virgil writes The Georgics, a series of poems that honor the simplicity of farm life.
27 BCE Octavian becomes the first Roman Emperor and takes the name “Augustus.”
23 BCE Horace is 32 when he publishes a book of 38 odes.
8 BCE Ovid is 35 when he writes Metamorphoses.
1 CE Rome's population reaches 1 million, making it the largest city in the world
9 CE Wang Mang takes power from the Han in China.
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