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Event trade Africa

Luanda

1575 CE

Portuguese Atlantic port and center of the transatlantic slave trade, where millions began the Middle Passage.

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Standing in 1575 CE

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Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Wars of Ayutthaya Conflict · East Asia 1351 CE – 1767 CE

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