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Event trade Middle East

Tabriz

1500 BCE

Silk Road city and capital of multiple Persian dynasties, described by Marco Polo as a great center of precious stone trade.

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Standing in 1500 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Elam Polity · Middle East 3000 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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1550 BCE Expulsion of the Hyksos 1550 BCE Mitanni–Hittite Rivalry 1539 BCE Valley of the Kings 1470 BCE Temple of Hatshepsut 1457 BCE Campaigns of Thutmose III