Yayoi period
300 BCE–300* · Event
Rice cultivation, bronze and iron metallurgy reach Japan from the continent; emergence of stratified society.
On these timelines: Master, Japan
Around 300 BCE
- Wars of the Diadochi (322 BCE)
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)