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Landmark East Asia trade

Manila

1571 CE – still standing

Center of the Manila Galleon trade linking Asia and the Americas, where Chinese silk and porcelain were exchanged for New World silver

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Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

House of Taga

900 CE – 1700 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ayutthaya

1351 CE – 1767 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Manila Galleon Trade

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1571 CE and 2026 CE.

1571 CE Nagasaki 1585 CE Erdene Zuu Monastery 1587 CE San Agustin Church 1592 CE Imjin War (Japanese Invasions of Korea) 1597 CE Battle of Myeongnyang

And in the rest of the world

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

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Venice–Constantinople Route Trade route · Europe 800 CE – 1600 CE Catherine de' Medici Figure · France 1519 CE – 1589 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing
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