206 BC

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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.

Births