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Event archaeological Middle East

Meroe

750 BCE

Royal city of the Kingdom of Kush with Nubian…

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Ancient city along the eastern bank of the Nile River in Northern Sudan

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Landmark · Middle East

Meroe

750 BCE – still standing

Royal city of the Kingdom of Kush with Nubian pyramids

Standing in 750 BCE

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Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Saba Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Kingdom of David and Solomon Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 700 BCE 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

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771 BCE Spring and Autumn Period Wars 756 BCE Trebizond 750 BCE Biskupin 747 BCE Kushite Conquest of Egypt 745 BCE Sargonid Assyrian Conquests 743 BCE Messenian Wars

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Meroë Wufei07 · Public domain