3 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (2)
Meng Ao took thirty-seven walls including Gaodu and Ji of Wei and Yuci, Xincheng and Langmeng of Zhao, and established Taiyuan Commandery. (Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals 史記卷005 秦本紀)
In the fifth month of summer, day bingwu, the King of Qin (Zhuangxiang) died and Crown Prince Zheng, aged thirteen, ascended the throne; state affairs were entrusted to Lü Buwei, Lord of Wenxin, whom the king called Zhongfu. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑 卷006 (원문 단락 #444, -247년))
Southern Europe (1)
In the 18th year of the war, Hamilcar Barca occupies Heircte (Polybius, Histories 1.56)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.
◆ Greco-Bactrian Kingdom appears
◆ Maya civilization appears
◆ Cyrenaica ends
◆ Ptolemaic Kingdom takes 105,200 km² of former Cyrenaica land
◆ Cyrenaica loses 105,200 km² to Ptolemaic Kingdom