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Event trade Middle East

Jeddah

647 CE

Red Sea gateway for pilgrims and merchants traveling to Mecca, a vital port on maritime trade routes for centuries.

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Standing in 647 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 Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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638 CE Al-Masjid al-Haram 641 CE Cairo (Fustat) 642 CE Khazar-Arab Wars 645 CE Sensō-ji 645 CE Osaka 647 CE Jokhang Temple