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Dunhuang

200 BCE – still standing

Oasis town and Silk Road waypoint near the Mogao Caves

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Landmark

Mogao Caves

366 CE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Figure · Judea

Yose ben Yoezer

200 BCE – 161 BCE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Landmark

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

1389 CE – still standing

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Figure · Jerusalem / Alexandria

Joshua ben Perachiah

140 BCE – 76 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 200 BCE and 2026 CE.

200 BCE Kashgar 200 BCE Jiaohe Ruins 366 CE Mogao Caves 552 CE Göktürk Khaganate Wars 600 CE Srivijaya Maritime Wars

And in the rest of the world

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

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 Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE
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