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Byblos

3000 BCE – 300 BCE · 2,700 years

One of the world's oldest cities, Phoenician port for papyrus and cedar

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Conquests of Cyrus the Great

559 BCE – 530 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Hadramaut

Attested 323 BCE – 1700 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Unification of Egypt

3100 BCE – 2950 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Egyptian Red Sea Trade

2500 BCE – 30 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

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3000 BCE Damascus 3000 BCE Sidon 3000 BCE Dilmun 2750 BCE Tyre 2700 BCE Saqqara

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Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia) Trade route · South Asia 2600 BCE – 1900 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Conflict · Europe 499 BCE – 449 BCE Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Landmark · Europe 550 BCE – 262 CE
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