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Landmark Middle East archaeological

Jerash

200 BCE – 749 CE · 949 years

One of the best-preserved Roman provincial cities in the world, with a monumental oval plaza, colonnaded streets, and two theaters in Jordan

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Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Abydos

5000 BCE – 30 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid)

274 BCE – 168 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Adulis

600 BCE – 700 CE

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Egyptian Red Sea Trade

2500 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Maccabean Revolt

167 BCE – 160 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 200 BCE and 749 CE.

200 BCE Palmyra 167 BCE Maccabean Revolt 150 BCE Qumran 120 BCE Ctesiphon 100 BCE Hegra (Mada'in Salih)

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 Simhala Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 700 CE Amber Road Trade route · Europe 1000 BCE – 400 CE Cimbrian War Conflict · Europe 113 BCE – 101 BCE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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