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Figure Egypt / Sinai / Canaan leader

Moses

1391 BCE – 1271 BCE · 120 years

The prince of Egypt who became a fugitive shepherd, confronted the most powerful ruler on earth, and led an enslaved nation to freedom — told in his own words.

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Moses on Wikipedia.

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Running at the same time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Figure · Egypt

Nefertiti

1370 BCE – 1330 BCE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Karasuk culture

1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Landmark

Kolsai Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Landmark

Altyn-Emel Singing Dunes

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1391 BCE and 1271 BCE.

1274 BCE Egyptian–Hittite Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Harappa Landmark · South Asia 3300 BCE – 1300 BCE Lusatian culture Polity · Europe 1300 BCE – 500 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Egyptian–Hittite Wars Conflict · Middle East 1274 BCE – 1259 BCE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE
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