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Figure Rayy / Baghdad / Persia scientist

Al-Razi

854 CE – 925 CE · 71 years

The Persian physician who first distinguished smallpox from measles, distilled alcohol for medicine, wrote the largest medical encyclopedia of the ancient world, and dared to challenge the greatest medical authority in history — in his own words.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Karluks

Attested 700 CE – 900 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

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Saadia Gaon

882 CE – 942 CE

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Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Oghuz Turks

Attested 900 CE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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859 CE Novgorod 860 CE Wars of the Kievan Rus' 869 CE Zanj Rebellion 893 CE Preah Vihear Temple 899 CE Magyar Invasions of Europe 900 CE Toltec Wars

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