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500 BCE-300 BCE (1189 words) |
 | 300-232 BCE) became in 270 BCE the ruler of an empire extending from Afghanistan to Bengal, and by further conquests unified nearly all of India. |
| Xunzi, or Hsün-tzu, (298-238) BCE was a native of Zhao (Chao), China, becoming a well-recognized scholar and rising to official posts, including that of magistrate. |
| Polybius (c.203-122 BCE) was born in Megalopolis, Arcadia, a Greek city that was an active member of the Achaean League. |
| 500 BCE-300 BCE (835 words) |
| Euripides (485-408 BCE) is often regarded as the first modern dramatist in the West. |
| From such a basis, Thucydides, born in 460 BCE, rejected the supernatural and composed a history that reveals underlying social pressures and political principles. |
| He also provided us with insights into the Athenians' interest in public affairs and their respect for the law in his presentation of the funeral oration of Pericles, while conveying their philosophy of might is right in his report of the dialogue between the Athenians and Melians. |
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