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Adalberto Hernandez Vega from Copan Ruinas, Honduras · CC BY 2.0
Landmark Americas archaeological

Copán

200 BCE – still standing

Major Maya city known for its elaborate stelae and hieroglyphic stairway

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Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Chichen Itza

600 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Landmark · Americas

Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 200 BCE and 2026 CE.

200 BCE Teotihuacan 200 BCE Tiwanaku 100 CE Mitla 100 CE Cobá 226 CE Palenque

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Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
Image credits5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • CopánAdalberto Hernandez Vega from Copan Ruinas, Honduras · CC BY 2.0
  • Chichen ItzaDaniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone)Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
  • Machu PicchuDraceane · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of MexicoOmar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain