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Landmark East Asia archaeological World Heritage

Forbidden City

1406 CE – still standing

Imperial palace complex in central Beijing that housed 24 Ming and Qing dynasty emperors and remains the largest preserved royal palace in the world.

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Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

House of Taga

900 CE – 1700 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ayutthaya

1351 CE – 1767 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1406 CE and 2026 CE.

1412 CE Wudang Mountains Temples 1420 CE Temple of Heaven 1467 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) 1467 CE Ōnin War 1510 CE Toungoo Dynasty Wars

And in the rest of the world

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

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Ibn Khaldun Figure · North Africa / Mamluk Egypt 1332 CE – 1406 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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