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Event trade Europe

Trebizond

756 BCE

Black Sea port on the northern Silk Road, the last outpost of the Byzantine Empire and gateway to Persia.

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Standing in 756 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Greek city-states Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 300 BCE Celts Polity · Europe Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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