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The earliest recorded gladiatorial combats took place in Rome in 264 B.C.E.

Cultures:

• Tamil
• Dravidian
• Mesoamerica
• Polynesia
• Aborigine
• Indigenous Brazil

Hobbies:

• Lowrider
• Zoot suit
• Teddy Boy
• Thor Heyerdahl
• Lupin III

Music:

• Art Laboe
• Chicano rap
• Malaysian hip hop
• Indian hip hop
• Karaoke
• Freestyle music

PC Games:

• Age of Empires
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
• Age of Mythology
• Age of Mythology: The Titans
• Age of Empires III

Writing Scripts of Asia

Vatteluttu
(South India/ Sri Lanka)

• தமிழ் - Tamil
• മലയലമ്- Malayalam
• తెలుగు - Telugu

Devanagari
(North India/ Nepal)

• संस्कृतं - Sanskrit
• हिन्दी - Hindi
• नेपाल - Nepali

Perso-Arabic
(Pakistan/ Bangladesh)

• اُردو - Urdu
• فارسی - Farsi
• سنڌي - Sindhi

Vatteluttu
(Indochina)

• - Khmer
• - Thai
• - Lao

Cham alphabet of Vietnam (200 C.E.)

Balinese alphabet of Bali, Indonesia (775 C.E.)

Kalmyk script of Kalmykia, Russia (11th century C.E.

Mongolian script - Mongolia (1208 C.E.)

Traditional New Years

Aztec calendar - Tenochitlan (1479 C.E.)

• Gregorian New Year - (Jan 1)
• Maya New Year - (Feb 2)
• Chinese New Year - Yuan Dan Jie (mid Jan - mid Feb)
• Vietnamese New Year - Tet Nguyen Dan (mid Jan - mid Feb)
• Tibetan New Year - Losar (mid Jan - mid Feb)
• Mongolian New Year - Tsagaan Sar (mid Jan - mid Feb)
• Japanese New Year - Shougatsu (mid Jan - mid Feb)
• Korean New Year - Gujeong (mid Jan - mid Feb)
• Persian New Year - Noruz (Mar 20 - Mar 22)
• Balinese New Year - Nyepi (mid Mar - mid Apr)
• Telugu New Year - Ugadi (mid Mar - mid Apr)

• Tamil New Year - Puthandu (Apr 13 - Apr 14)
• Nepalese New Year - Nepal Sambat(Apr 13 Apr 14)
• Assamese New Year - Bihu (Apr 14 - Apr 15)
• Cambodian New Year - Chaul Chnam Thmey (Apr 13 - Apr 15)
• Thai New Year - Sonkran (Apr 13 - Apr 15)
• Lao New Year - Bpee Mai (Apr 13 - Apr 16)
• Malayalam New Year - Vishu (mid Apr - mid May)
• Egyptian New Year - Thout (Sep 11 - Oct 10)
• Celtic New Year - Samhain (Oct 31 - Nov 1)
• Gujurati New Year - (end of Oct - mid Nov)
• Hmong New Year - (end of Nov - end of Dec)