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290 BCE

The city of Yuan is returned by the State of Qin to the State of Wei in exchange for the cities of Puban and Pishi. Berenice, wife of Ptolemy, is proclaimed queen of Egypt. Ptolemy has the city of Berenice built on the Red Sea in her honour. It becomes a great emporium for Egyptian trade with the East.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Berenice, wife of Ptolemy, is proclaimed queen of Egypt. Ptolemy has the city of Berenice built on the Red Sea in her honour. It becomes a great emporium for Egyptian trade with the East.source

Conflict & Security

  • The city of Yuan is returned by the State of Qin to the State of Wei in exchange for the cities of Puban and Pishi.source

Births

  • Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Roman consul and Pontifex Maximus (approximate date) (d. 221 BC)source

Deaths

  • Megasthenes, Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer (approximate date) (b. c. 350 BC)source