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Gyeongju Historic Areas

57 BCE – 935 CE · 992 years

Thousand-year capital of the Silla Kingdom in Korea, with royal tombs, Buddhist ruins, and the Cheomseongdae observatory

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Who held this ground

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

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–100 BCE)
  2. Silla (1 BCE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Korea (1000 CE–1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Goryeo (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Great Khanate (1279 CE–1300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Ming Empire (1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Korea (1492 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Empire of Japan (1914 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Korea (USA) (1945 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. South Korea (1960 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

Xiongnu

400 BCE – 500 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

400 CE – 1400 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Three Kingdoms (China)

220 CE – 280 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Chinese Grand Canal

600 CE

Polity · East Asia

Japan

Attested 800 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Longmen Grottoes

493 CE – still standing

Conflict · East Asia

Goguryeo–Sui Wars

598 CE – 614 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 57 BCE and 935 CE.

4 BCE Ise Grand Shrine 68 CE White Horse Temple 184 CE Yellow Turban Rebellion 208 CE Battle of Red Cliffs 220 CE Three Kingdoms (China)

And in the rest of the world

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Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Fall of the Western Roman Empire Conflict · Europe 376 CE – 476 CE Cicero Figure · Rome 106 BCE – 43 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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