130s BC

What happened in the 130s BC?

In the 130s BC (139–130 BC), Emperor Wu of Western Han sent Zhang Qian to the Greater Yuezhi, and on Dong Zhongshu's advice Confucianism became the official state learning. In Rome, Tiberius Gracchus proposed a land law and was then killed, opening the era known as the Century of Civil Wars.

1. 139 BCEmperor Wu sends Zhang Qian to the YuezhiAsia
2. 136 BCConfucianism made state learning on Dong Zhongshu's adviceAsia
3. 135 BCFirst Servile War erupts in SicilyEurope
4. 134 BCHipparchus discovers precession of the equinoxesEurope
5. 133 BCNumantia falls to Roman armyEurope
6. 133 BCPergamon bequeathed to RomeMiddle East
7. 133 BCTiberius Gracchus proposes land lawEurope
8. c. 130 BCGreco-Bactrian Kingdom fallsAsia

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