Meng Tian

250 BC–209 BC

Chinese inventor and military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period

military commander

Born in Qin

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Meng Tian:

• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
• Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC)
• Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC)
• Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC)
• Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC)
• Plautus (249 BC–183 BC)

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