206 BC
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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.
Deaths
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