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Figure Jerusalem / Yavne philosopher

Yochanan ben Zakkai

30 BCE – 90 CE · 120 years

The Pharisee sage who escaped besieged Jerusalem in a coffin, predicted Vespasian would become emperor, and founded the academy at Yavne that preserved Judaism after the Temple’s destruction — told in his own words.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Scythians

Attested 400 BCE – 100 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Figure · Egypt

Cleopatra

69 BCE – 30 BCE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Figure · Rome

Augustus Caesar

63 BCE – 14 CE

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Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Events the timeline places between 30 BCE and 90 CE.

25 BCE Mérida (Augusta Emerita) 19 BCE Western Wall 19 BCE Western Wall Tunnels 12 BCE Roman–Germanic Wars 4 BCE Ise Grand Shrine 9 CE Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Suren Kingdom Polity · South Asia 1 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Han–Xiongnu Wars Conflict · East Asia 200 BCE – 89 CE Abydos Landmark · Middle East 5000 BCE – 30 BCE Roman Empire Polity · Europe 26 BCE – 395 CE
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