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| 129 BC |
| | | Hipparchus completes the first scientific star catalogue, mapping some 850 stars | |
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| c. 126 BC |
| | | Zhang Qian reaches Bactria and is the first to bring news of western Asia back to China | |
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| c. 125 BC |
| | | Under the Han dynasty the Confucians become the official civil servants in China, with entry to the service regulated by examination | |
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| 121 BC |
| | | The Romans establish a province in the south of France, still acknowledged in the name Provence | |
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| 121 BC |
| | | The tribune Gaius Gracchus is murdered by an armed group, led by a consul, after which 3000 of his supporters are rounded up and executed | |
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| c. 120 BC |
| | | Antipater, a Greek author living on the Phoenician coast, lists the seven wonders of the world | |
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| c. 120 BC |
| | | Sima Qian undertakes (and carries through against unusual odds) a major survey of Chinese history | |
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| 106 BC |
| | | A caravan leaves China with goods destined for Persia - proof that the eastern half of the Silk Road is now open | |
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| 102 BC |
| | | The Roman general Gaius Marius defeats the Teutones, a German tribe which has made deep inroads into southern Gaul | |
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| 101 BC |
| | | A German tribe, the Cimbri, press into northern Italy until they are defeated at Vercellae and driven out of the peninsula | |
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