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Landmark Americas archaeological

Chavín de Huántar

900 BCE – 200 BCE · 700 years

Pre-Inca ceremonial center in the Peruvian Andes with labyrinthine underground galleries and the Lanzón monolith, cradle of Andean civilization

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Tikal

600 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Landmark · Americas

Teotihuacan

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Teotihuacán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Conflict · Americas

Monte Albán Zapotec Conquest State

200 BCE – 500 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mulifanua Lapita Site

800 BCE – 700 BCE

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Events the timeline places between 900 BCE and 200 BCE.

600 BCE Tikal 600 BCE San Agustín Archaeological Park 600 BCE Tierradentro 600 BCE Calakmul 600 BCE El Tajín

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Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Mesopotamian Trade Network Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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