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Event trade East Asia

Osaka

645 CE

The 'kitchen of Japan,' the country's merchant city and hub of its rice and commodity markets for centuries.

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Standing in 645 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE Saami Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 700 CE Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Shark Bay Landmark · Oceania 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 647 CE Jeddah 647 CE Jokhang Temple