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Guangzhou as an international trade hub (Tang–Ming, 7th–16th centuries)

226 - 1567

Greek colonization of the Black Sea coasts (Pontus) (8th–3rd centuries BCE)

800 BCE - 107 BCE

Greek colonization of Magna Graecia (8th–5th centuries BCE)

403 - 775

Gothic incursions and settlements on the Lower Danube (3rd–4th centuries CE)

238 - 382

Gnaeus Julius Agricola's British campaigns and provincial policy (77–84 CE)

77 - 86

Formation of the Lower Danube provinces (Moesia and Thrace) (1st century BCE–2nd century CE)

28 BCE - 199

Foedus arrangements and federate treaties with Germanic tribes (2nd–4th centuries CE)

166 - 400

Establishment of Greek colonies in Sicily (8th–5th centuries BCE)

734 BCE - 405 BCE

Establishment of Gadir (Cádiz) and Atlantic Trade (c. 9th–3rd centuries BCE)

900 BCE - 206 BCE

Establishment and governance of Roman Dacia (106–271 CE)

105 - 275

Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth's circumference and world map (c. 240 BCE)

300 BCE - 200

Development of Chinese ship design: watertight bulkheads and the ocean-going junk (10th–15th centuries)

50 - 2023

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