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Figure Egypt leader

Nefertiti

1370 BCE – 1330 BCE · 40 years

The queen who helped overthrow a thousand years of Egyptian religion, ruled as equal to a pharaoh, and vanished from history — leaving behind the most recognised face in the ancient world.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Figure · Egypt / Sinai / Canaan

Moses

1391 BCE – 1271 BCE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Karasuk culture

1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Kolsai Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Altyn-Emel Singing Dunes

3000 BCE – still standing

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

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Elamite–Babylonian Wars Conflict · Middle East 1764 BCE – 1150 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE
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