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Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landmark East Asia archaeological World Heritage

Angkor Wat

1113 CE – still standing

Massive temple complex, the largest religious monument in the world

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Angkor Wat on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1100 CE)
  2. Khmer Empire (1200 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Ayutthaya (1492 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Cambodia (1783 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. French Cochinchina and Cambodia (1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. French Indochina (1900 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. French Indo-China (1920 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Cambodia (1938 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in East Asia at the 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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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

400 CE – 1400 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Forbidden City

1406 CE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1113 CE and 2026 CE.

1115 CE Song–Jin Wars 1177 CE Khmer–Cham Wars 1180 CE Genpei War 1181 CE Angkor Thom 1231 CE Goryeo-Mongol Wars

And in the rest of the world

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

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Hildegard of Bingen Figure · Rhineland 1098 CE – 1179 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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