325 BC

By place

Europe

• - Pytheas made a voyage of naval exploration to northwestern Europe, reaching Britain and the Baltic Sea, and mentioning Thule as the farthest island to the north in the Atlantic.

  Macedonian Empire

• Alexander the Great leaves India and nominates his officer Peithon, son of Agenor, as the satrap of the region around the Indus.
• Alexander the Great orders his admiral, Nearchus, to sail from the Hydaspes River in western India to the Persian Gulf and up the Euphrates River to Babylon while Alexander's army starts marching through Gedrosia.
• While returning to Persia, Alexander's army runs into the Malli clans. The ensuing battle severely weakens his army. Alexander sends much of his remaining army to Carmania with his general Craterus, while he leads the rest of his forces back to Persia by the southern route through the Gedrosian Desert.
• By the end of the year, Alexander's army reaches Persepolis, while his navy, under Nearchus, reaches Susa at around the same time.
• The first known reference to sugar cane appears in writings by Alexander the Great's admiral Nearchus, who writes of Indian reeds "that produce honey, although there are no bees".

  Sicily

• Agathocles, a rich and ambitious citizen of Syracuse, is exiled for attempting to overthrow the oligarchic party in the city.

  China

• Going against his loyalty to the figurehead monarch of the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin ruler, Duke Huiwen, takes on the title of King Huiwen, claiming royal title and sparking a trend amongst other Warring States rulers to do the same.
• King Wuling ascends to the throne of Zhao.

  Americas

• La Venta, an Olmec island city, is believed to be completely abandoned by this time.

  By topic

Art

• The fourth-century period of sculpture ends in Ancient Greece and is succeeded by the Hellenistic period.

  Philosophy

• Aristotle writes Ta Ethika on virtue and moral character.