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Prof. Hermann Thiersch (1874–1939) · Public domain
Landmark Middle East wonder

Lighthouse of Alexandria

280 BCE – 1323 CE · 1,603 years

Towering beacon guiding ships into Alexandria's harbor

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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–300 BCE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (200 BCE–2026 CE)

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 280 BCE and 1323 CE.

275 BCE Berenice 274 BCE Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid) 200 BCE Palmyra 200 BCE Jerash 167 BCE Maccabean Revolt

And in the rest of the world

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