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Event trade Middle East

Basra

636 CE

Persian Gulf port connecting Mesopotamia to Indian Ocean trade, legendary departure point of Sinbad the Sailor.

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Standing in 636 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Persia Polity · Middle East 400 CE – 1914 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Meteora Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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632 CE Early Muslim Conquests 636 CE Battle of Châlons 636 CE Battle of Yarmouk 637 CE Potala Palace 637 CE Lhasa 638 CE Al-Masjid al-Haram