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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• History: Manetho the high priest writes history of Egypt in Greek (275 BC)
• Philosophy: Time of Aristarchus of Samos (270 BC)
• Science: Aristarchus argues that the earth revolves around the sun (275 BC)
• Technology: Cast iron created in China (275 BC)
• Deaths: Ch'u Yuan the CHinese poet (277 BC), Pyrrhus of Epirus (272 BC), Euclid (270 BC), Philitas of Cos starves to death through studying (270 BC), Epicurus the Greek philosopher (271 to 270 BC)

Africa

• Egypt: Ptolemy II marries sister Arsinoe (276 BC)
  Lighthouse at Alexandria stands at 400 feet - stands to 14th century (270 BC)

Americas

• General: Amaron gives plates of nephi to brother Chemish as in the Book of Omni (279 BC)

Asia

• India: Asoka the grandson of Chandragupta takes India's throne (273 BC)

Europe

• General: Cents begin to invade Greece and Anatolia (279 BC)
• Gaul: Antiochus I defeats Gauls (275 BC)
• Greece: Pyrrhus again defeats Romans (279 BC)
  Antigonus II Gonatus rules Greece to 239 BC (276 BC)
  Completion of Colossus of Rhodes (275 BC)
  Antigonus defeats invasion by Pyrrhus of Epirus (272 BC)
  Pyrrhus of Epirus dies in battle when old woman throws roof tile at him (272 BC)
  Death of Epicurus who disbelieves in the after life and thinks that the gods were apathetic (271 or 270 BC)
• Roman Empire: Romans defeat Pyrrhus at Beneventum (275 BC)
  End of Wars during Rise of Rome with 25,000 dead (275 BC)
  Romans continue building the Appian Way (272 BC)
  End of 10 years of war between Tarentum and Rome - Rome reconquers most of Italy (272 BC)

Middle East

• General: Celts invade Greece and Anatolia
• Mesopotamia: End of history of Babylon - Babylons reestablished in Seleucia (275 BC)
• Turkey: Galatia founded when Gauls invade the Balkans (see 395) (279 BC)