What do the writings - by historian Sima Qian 2nd century BCE in the "Shiji"; by Saint Augustine in "Confessions" about 400 CE; in "The Book of Margery Kempe" 1438; by Enea Silvio Piccolomini (then Pope Pius II) in "Commentarii" 1458-1464 - have in common?
They are autobiographical The first three are the first definitely autobiographical writings in their cultures.
The Battle of Banquan, recorded in Chinese annals written in the 1st and 2nd centuries BCE as China's first large scale battle, resulted in victory for whom?
A map of the then known world in the 3rd century BCE, by Eratosthenes from Libya, includes Libya, Egypt and part of Europe, together with land as far east as India and Sri-Lanka (Ceylon) and as far west and north as what?
