- 550: Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers the Medes
- 546: Cyrus conquers Asia Minor.
- 525: Cambyses conquers Egypt.
- 490: Battle of Marathon.
- 480: Xerxes invades Greece.
- 323: Ptolemy becomes ruler of Egypt (Ptolemaic Kingdom)
- 306: Seleucus founds the Seleucid Kingdom
- 276: Antigonus founds the Antigonid (Macedonia) Kingdom
- 509-31 BC The Roman Republic
- 27 BC- AD 312: The Roman Empire
- 312-1453: The Byzantine Empire
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