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Landmark Europe archaeological

Knossos

2000 BCE – still standing

Bronze Age ceremonial and political center of Minoan civilization

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Knossos on Wikipedia.

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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)
  2. Minoan (2000 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Mycenaean Greece (1500 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Greek city-states (1000 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Empire of Alexander (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Crete (300 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Macedon and Hellenic League (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Ptolemaic Kingdom (100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Roman Empire (1 BCE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Rome (Galerius) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Eastern Roman Empire (400 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Byzantine Empire (800 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Venice (1279 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. Byzantine Empire (1300 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. Venice (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  16. Ottoman Empire (1530 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  17. Bulgaria (1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  18. Ottoman Empire (1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  19. Greece (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2000 BCE and 2026 CE.

1600 BCE Mycenae 1600 BCE Hattusa 1550 BCE Mitanni–Hittite Rivalry 1400 BCE Lion Gate of Hattusa 1200 BCE Sardis

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Moses Figure · Egypt / Sinai / Canaan 1391 BCE – 1271 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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