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Landmark Europe archaeological World Heritage

Delos

3000 BCE – 69 BCE · 2,931 years

Sacred Greek island birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, an open-air archaeological museum with temples, mosaics, and the iconic Terrace of Lions

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Who held this ground

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

Reconstruction

  1. No border recorded here in this snapshot (3000 BCE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Landmark · Europe

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE

Polity · Europe

Celts

Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 3000 BCE and 69 BCE.

3000 BCE Göbekli Tepe 3000 BCE Stonehenge 3000 BCE Troy 3000 BCE Akrotiri 3000 BCE Newgrange

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Mesopotamian Trade Network Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing
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