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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.

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