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Event archaeological Americas

L'Anse aux Meadows

1000 CE – 1020 CE

Only confirmed Norse settlement in North America, proving Viking exploration of the New World five centuries before…

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Norse archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada

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Landmark · Americas

L'Anse aux Meadows

1000 CE – 1020 CE

Only confirmed Norse settlement in North America, proving Viking exploration of the New World five centuries before Columbus

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Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE

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