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Figure Florence thinker

Niccolò Machiavelli

1469 CE – 1527 CE · 58 years

The Florentine diplomat who watched republics fall, served tyrants and statesmen alike, was tortured for conspiracy, and in exile wrote the most dangerous book in Western political thought — told in his own voice.

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Kalyan Mosque

1514 CE – still standing

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Khanate of Sibir

1490 CE – 1598 CE

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Pachacuti

1418 CE – 1471 CE

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Shaybanid Conquest of Transoxiana

1500 CE – 1510 CE

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

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Golden Horde

1243 CE – 1502 CE

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Christopher Columbus

1451 CE – 1506 CE

Conflict

Russo–Kazan Wars

1445 CE – 1556 CE

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1514 CE Kalyan Mosque 1474 CE Burgundian Wars 1481 CE Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif 1494 CE Italian Wars 1495 CE Tomb of the Askia 1500 CE Royal Hill of Ambohimanga

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Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Landmark · Africa 1500 CE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Wars of the Roses Conflict · Europe 1455 CE – 1487 CE Kilwa Kisiwani Landmark · Africa 900 CE – 1505 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE
Image credits 7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Niccolò Machiavelli Santi di Tito · Public domain
  • Po-i-Kalyan Официальный веб-сайт Агентства культурного наследия Республики Узбекистан · CC BY 4.0
  • Khanate of Sibir Başqurd · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pachacuti Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.29.10_PS6.jpg · Public domain
  • Charyn Canyon Bgag · CC0
  • Golden Horde naturalearthdata.com, offered to the Public Domain per Terms of Use · CC0
  • Christopher Columbus Sebastiano del Piombo · Public domain