The world in the 290s BCE

States 4

• Bithynia · state · 297 – 74 BCE
• Kingdom of Iberia · state · 299 BCE – 580 CE
• Early Cholas · state · 291 BCE – 305 CE
• Early Pandyan kingdom · state · 291 BCE – 305 CE

Wars and battles 5

• Battle of Sentinum · battle · 295 BCE
• Battle of Aquilonia · battle · 293 BCE
• Battle of Camerinum · battle · 295 BCE
• Battle of Yique · battle · 293 BCE
• Battle of Tifernum · battle · 297 BCE

States 1

• Zhongshan · state · 366 – 292 BCE

Wars and battles 1

• Samnite Wars · war · 343 – 290 BCE

Born 7

• Apollonius of Rhodes · poet · 295 – 215 BCE
• Arsinoe I · monarch · 295 – 248 BCE
• Marcus Atilius Regulus · politician · 299 – 250 BCE
• Hanno II the Great · politician · 290 – 193 BCE
• Alexander II of Epirus · person · 294 – 240 BCE
• Ptolemy Epigonos · person · 299 – 240 BCE
• Seleucus · monarch · 293 – 266 BCE

Died 7

• Menander · poet · 342 – 291 BCE
• Chandragupta Maurya · ruler · 340 – 297 BCE
• Cassander · ruler · 355 – 296 BCE
• Thessalonike of Macedon · politician · 352 – 295 BCE
• Publius Decius Mus · politician · 340 – 295 BCE
• Neoptolemus II of Epirus · monarch · 331 – 297 BCE
• Bhadrabāhu · religious leader · 432 – 298 BCE

Europe15 states

• Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
• Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Marcus Fulvius Paetinus, Roman consul since 299 BCE and Titus Manlius Torquatus, Roman consul since 299 BCE
• Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Marcus Fulvius Paetinus, Roman consul since 299 BCE and Titus Manlius Torquatus, Roman consul since 299 BCE
• Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE · Cassander, king of Macedonia since 305 BCE
• Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
• Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE
• Peloponnesian War · 323 – 257 BCE
• Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE

and 7 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa28 states

• Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE · Ptolemy I Soter, pharaoh since 305 BCE
• Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
• Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
• Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
• Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE · Seleucus I Nicator, Seleucid ruler since 312 BCE
• Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
• Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
• Bithynia · 297 – 74 BCE · Zipoetes I of Bithynia, King of Bithynia since 326 BCE

and 20 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia13 states

• Maurya Empire · 322 – 185 BCE · Chandragupta Maurya, Mauryan Emperor since 321 BCE
• Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
• Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
• Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
• Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
• Kalinga · 301 – 261 BCE
• Zhangzhung · 501 BCE – 625 CE
• Anuradhapura kingdom · 377 BCE – 1017 CE · Devanampiya Tissa, King of Anuradhapura since 307 BCE

and 5 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia25 states

• Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE · King Nan of Zhou, king since 314 BCE
• Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE · King Nan of Zhou, Chinese king since 315 BCE
• Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
• Zhongshan · 366 – 292 BCE
• Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
• Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
• Qin · 905 – 221 BCE · King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Chinese king since 306 BCE
• Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE

and 17 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania2 states

• Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
• Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE

Location unknown7 states

• Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
• Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
• Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
• Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
• Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
• Eastern Zhou (state) · 770 – 249 BCE
• Ruo · 1046 – 256 BCE