WORLD HISTORY · 500–1 BC 日本語
Events of the 330s BC339–330 BC
What happened in the 330s BC?
In the 330s BC (339–330 BC), Macedon defeated an alliance of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, and Alexander III, who took the throne after Philip II's assassination, launched his campaign to the east. The Achaemenid Empire fell, and the Hellenistic world began to take shape.
- Shang Yang of Qin killed after slanderAsia
- Macedon wins the Battle of ChaeroneaEurope
- Philip II assassinated; Alexander takes the throneEurope
- Alexander the Great launches eastern campaignEurope
- The Hellenistic world takes shapeEurope
- City of Alexandria founded in EgyptMiddle East
- Persia defeated at the Battle of GaugamelaMiddle East
- Darius III killed; Achaemenid Empire fallsMiddle East
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Events of the 330s BC (timeline · 3)
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A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
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