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Event trade Middle East

Ctesiphon

120 BCE – 637 CE

Parthian and Sassanid capital on the Tigris, a cosmopolitan trade crossroads of the ancient Persian Empire.

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Standing in 120 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

135 BCE First Servile War 113 BCE Cimbrian War 112 BCE Jugurthine War 104 BCE Second Servile War 100 BCE Hegra (Mada'in Salih) 100 BCE Dambulla Cave Temple