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Event trade East Asia

Chang'an

200 BCE

Tang dynasty capital and eastern terminus of the Silk Road, the world's most cosmopolitan city in the 7th century.

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Standing in 200 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Xiongnu Polity · East Asia 400 BCE – 500 CE Saami Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 700 CE Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Ennedi Plateau Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing

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200 BCE Han–Xiongnu Wars 200 BCE Palmyra 200 BCE Teotihuacan 200 BCE Tiwanaku 200 BCE Ajanta Caves 200 BCE Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove