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Bibi-Khanym Mosque

1399 CE

Timur's grand mosque in Samarkand, once one of the largest in the Islamic…

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Mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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Landmark

Bibi-Khanym Mosque

1399 CE – still standing

Timur's grand mosque in Samarkand, once one of the largest in the Islamic world

Standing in 1399 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE Srivijaya Empire Polity 650 CE – 1400 CE Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane) Conflict 1370 CE – 1405 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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