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Figure South India philosopher

Nagarjuna

150 CE – 250 CE · 100 years

The Buddhist philosopher who proved that emptiness is not void but the very condition of all existence — founder of the Madhyamaka school, dialectician of dependent arising, and the most influential Buddhist thinker after the Buddha himself.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Figure · Rome

Marcus Aurelius

121 CE – 180 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Yueban

Attested 100 CE – 400 CE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Landmark

Kolsai Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 150 CE and 250 CE.

166 CE Marcomannic Wars 184 CE Yellow Turban Rebellion 208 CE Battle of Red Cliffs 220 CE Three Kingdoms (China) 224 CE Early Sassanid–Roman Wars 226 CE Palenque

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

Pergamon Landmark · Europe 300 BCE – 200 CE Sasanian Empire Polity · Middle East 224 CE – 700 CE Incense Route Trade route · Middle East 1000 BCE – 200 CE Three Kingdoms (China) Conflict · East Asia 220 CE – 280 CE Pachacamac Landmark · Americas 200 CE – 1533 CE Qataban Polity · Middle East 800 BCE – 150 CE
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