But by 1,200 BC this time of splendor was over.

但是到公元前1200年这一时期的繁华景象消失了。

The Maldives was settled in 300 BC by fishermen from India and Sri Lanka.

而早在公元前300年，和斯里兰卡的渔民就已在此定居。

First off, the Neolithic period in Britain lasted from about 4,000 BC to 2,300 BC.

首先，在不列颠岛上，新石器时代大概是从公元前4000年开始一直到公元前2300年。

The earliest sites of salt harvesting date to at least 6,000 BC in China and Europe.

最早的盐的获取点可以追溯到公元前 6，000 年的中国和欧洲。

It was introduced to Rome around 100 BC by merchants.

它在公元前100年左右由商人引入罗马。

The earliest known compass comes from about 200 BC in China.

已知最早的指南针公元前 200 年左右的中国。

From 600 BC to 300 BC, the so-called " Axial Age" , ancient Greece ancient India and China all produced great thinkers.

公元前600年至公元前300年，即所谓的“轴心时代”，古希腊、和中国都出现了伟大的思想家。

That’s a basic explanation, bc we can’t spend too much time on how the stock exchange works.

这是一个基本的解释，因为我们不能在证券交易所的运作方式上花太多时间。

This cosmic fact, called the Metonic Cycle, was actually first discovered in 432 BC by Athenian astronomer Meton.

这个宇宙事实称为默冬循环，实际上是在公元前 432 年由雅典天文学家默东首次发现的。

Researchers say it's a character that was revered by the Assyrians who flourished at around the seventh century bc.

研究人员表示，这个角色受到公元前七世纪左右繁荣的亚述人的尊崇。

This didn’t go well for her, and in 31 BC at the Battle of Actium, Antony and Cleopatra’s forces were easily beaten by Octavian’s armies.

这对并不顺利，在公元前 31 年的亚克兴战役中，安东尼和克利奥帕特拉的部队被屋大维的军队轻松击败。

Judea had been a province of the Roman Empire since 6 AD, though there had been  Roman dominance over the area since the 60s BC with the conquests of Pompey.

公元 6 年以， 犹太地区一直是罗马帝国的一个省，尽管公元前 60 年代庞培征服以， 罗马一直对该地区进行统治。

But at some point—the Sumerians of the third millennium bc are usually awarded first prize, though Ms Ferrara makes a case for Egypt—people stumbled on the " rebus principle" .

但在某个时候——公元前三千年的苏美尔人通常会获得一等奖，尽管费拉拉女士为埃及做了个例子——人们无意中发现了“字谜原则” 。

He was a priest and historian from the 3rd century bc who wrote the age of Aegyptiaca, possibly as an Egyptian counterpart to Herodotus and his chronicles, although it has not survived in its entirety.

他是公元前3世纪的一名牧师和历史学家，他写了《埃及史》，可能是希罗多德和他的编年史在埃及的翻版, 虽然它没有完整地保存下。

There is much talk of the " Thucydides trap" : the inevitability of a clash between a rising power and an established one, as Athens challenged Sparta in the fifth century bc.

人们经常谈论“修昔底德陷阱”：当雅典在公元前五世纪挑战斯巴达时，新兴大国与老牌大国之间不可避免地发生冲突。

Metal was first coined into cash between 700 and 600 BC by the Lydians, and banknotes have been in circulation since their first use in China around 1000 AD. These days, though, habits have changed.

公元前 700 至 600 年， 吕底亚人首次将金属铸成现金，纸币公元 1000 年左右首次在中国使用以一直在流通。 然而，这些天，习惯已经改变了。

The Romans first entered Britain in 55 BC under Julius Caesar, although they did not begin a permanent occupation until 43 AD, when Emperor Claudius sent a much better prepared force to subjugate the fierce British Celts.

罗马人于公元前 55 年在尤利乌斯·凯撒 (Julius Caesar) 的统治下首次进入不列颠， 但他们直到公元 43 年才开始永久占领， 当时克劳迪乌斯皇帝派遣了一支准备更充分的军队征服凶猛的英国凯尔特人。

From the " atlas" of writers and their works made by Callimachus, the father of librarians, in the 3rd century bc, it is clear how much was lost when Alexandria's library burned to the ground 400 or so years later.

从公元前3世纪图书管理员之父卡利马库斯所著的作家及其著作的“地图集” 中，可以清楚地看到400多年后亚历山大的图书馆被烧毁时损失了多少。