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Event archaeological Middle East

Qumran

150 BCE – 68 CE

Desert settlement near the Dead Sea where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in caves in 1947.

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Standing in 150 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Carlsbad Caverns Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Lençóis Maranhenses Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

167 BCE Maccabean Revolt 154 BCE Numantine War 135 BCE First Servile War 120 BCE Ctesiphon 113 BCE Cimbrian War 112 BCE Jugurthine War