209–200 BC

Events and trends

• Han Dynasty founded in China.
• After severe losses, Roman determination kept them fighting in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. As a result, they wore down Carthaginian forces in Spain and Sicily, then launched a series of raids across the Mediterranean Sea that forced Hannibal to withdraw back to northern Africa, where he was at last decisively defeated in the Battle of Zama.
• The earliest period that some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written.
• The Xiongnu Empire founded by Teoman unites Hun confederations; reaching its zenith under the rule of Mete Khan and forcing the Han Empire to further fortify the Great Wall of China

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