Editing 2nd century BC (section)

===[[180s BC]]===
[[File:Changling 2.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Empress Lü in Changling, [[Xianyang]], Shaanxi]]
[[File:I17 1karshapana Sunga MACW4325 1ar (8485402873).jpg|thumb|300px|A silver coin of 1 [[karshapana]] of King [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] (185-149 BC), founder of the [[Shunga dynasty]].]]
*[[189 BC]]: [[Galatian War]]: [[Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC)|Gnaeus Manlius Vulso]] and [[Pergamon]] defeat the [[Galatia]]ns.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grainger |first1=John D. |title=The Roman war of Antiochos the Great |date=2002 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-12840-8 |pages=341–344}}</ref>
*[[188 BC]]: (September 26)  [[Emperor Qianshao of Han|Prince Liu Gong]], the five-year old younger brother of Emperor Hui becomes the third [[Han dynasty]] Emperor of China upon his brother's death, taking the regnal name of Emperor Qianshao.  Because of his minority, his grandmother, Empress Lü continues as the actual ruler and serves as the regent.
*[[187 BC]]: (July 3) Seleucid king Antiochus III dies at the age of 53 and is succeeded by his son [[Seleucus IV Philopator]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Wilson. Nigel Guy|title=Encyclopedia of ancient Greece|publisher=Routledge|year=2006|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofan0000unse_a6l6/page/58 58]|isbn=978-0-415-97334-2|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofan0000unse_a6l6/page/58}}</ref>
*[[186 BC]]: Ptolemy V defeats [[Ankhwennefer (pharaoh)|Ankhwennefer]] and regains control of [[Upper Egypt]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hölbl |first1=Günther |title=A History of the Ptolemaic Empire |date=2013 |isbn=978-1-135-11983-6 |page=156}}</ref>
*[[185 BC]]: [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] assassinates the last [[Maurya]] emperor, founding the [[Shunga dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thapar |first1=Romila |title=The past before us: historical traditions of early north India |date=2013 |location=Cambridge, MA |isbn=978-0-674-72651-2 |page=296 |edition=First Harvard University Press | publisher = Harvard University Press }}</ref>
*[[184 BC]]: (June 15)  [[Emperor Qianshao of Han]], the 11-year old nominal ruler of China, is removed, imprisoned and then put to death on order of his grandmother, Empress Lü.  [[Emperor Houshao of Han|Prince Liu Hong]], the brother of Qianshao, is installed by the regent as the new Emperor, under the name of Emperor Houshao.
*[[183 BC]]: [[Zhao Tuo]] of [[Nanyue]] declares himself Emperor and attacks [[Han dynasty|China]].<ref>{{The Cambridge History of China|volume=1 | last=Loewe | first=Michael| chapter=The Former Han Dynasty |page=136}}</ref>
*[[180 BC]]: (November 14) [[Lü Clan Disturbance]]: with the death of [[Empress Lü Zhi|Empress Lü]] of China, the nominal [[Emperor Houshao of Han|Houshao]] is killed along with the rest of the Lü Clan.  Another son of Gaozu, the first Han emperor, [[Emperor Wen of Han|Prince Liu Heng]], becomes the fifth Han emperor and takes the name of Emperor Wen.