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206 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC

Years: 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC - 206 BC - 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC

Events

• Second Punic War:
  • Scipio Africanus Major destroyed the combined Carthaginian army of Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco in the Battle of Ilipa, thus ending Carthaginian hold in Spain.
  • Mago evacuates the remaining Carthaginian troops in Spain, and sails for the Balearic Islands.
  • Scipio Africanus Major returns to Rome, while his soldiers found the Spanish town Italica.
• Ziying, last ruler of the Qin Dynasty of China surrenders himself to Liu Bang, leader of a popular revolt. This marks the end of the Qin Dynasty. The principality that would later become the Han dynasty is established by Liu.
• Gojoseon fell in Korean peninsula.
• Kingdom Nanyue established itself in Fanyu (Guangzhou, or Canton)
• The Chinese play a kickball game called tsu-chu, the ancestor of modern soccer.

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Deaths

Category: 200s BC

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