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Sailko · CC BY 3.0

Landmark Middle East religious World Heritage

Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

1181 CE – still standing

Monolithic rock-hewn churches carved from living stone in Ethiopia

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Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1100 CE)
Zagwe dynasty (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
Ethiopia (1279 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
Abyssinia (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
Ethiopia (1920 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
Ethiopia (Italy) (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
Ethiopia (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined

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Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Lighthouse of Alexandria

280 BCE – 1323 CE

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Mediterranean Southern Route

331 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Eritrean–Ethiopian War

1998 CE – 2000 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Darvaza Gas Crater

1971 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · Middle East

2026 Iran War

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1181 CE and 2026 CE.

1181 CE Lalibela Rock Churches 1187 CE Battle of Hattin 1219 CE Mongol Invasion of Khwarezmia 1258 CE Siege of Baghdad (1258) 1260 CE Battle of Ain Jalut

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 Rushd Figure · Al-Andalus / Almohad Empire 1126 CE – 1198 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing

Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela Sailko · CC BY 3.0
Lighthouse of Alexandria Prof. Hermann Thiersch (1874–1939) · Public domain
Flag of Iran (official) SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
Eritrean–Ethiopian War Skilla1st · CC BY-SA 3.0
Darvaza gas crater Tormod Sandtorv · CC BY-SA 2.0