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Landmark Middle East religious

Mount Nebo

1400 BCE – still standing

Biblical hilltop in Jordan where Moses is said to have viewed the Promised Land, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Eritrean–Ethiopian War

1998 CE – 2000 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

600 BCE – 320 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

2026 Iran War

2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1400 BCE and 2026 CE.

1400 BCE Temple of Luxor 1274 BCE Egyptian–Hittite Wars 1264 BCE Abu Simbel 1208 BCE Sea Peoples Invasions 1100 BCE Aramean Migrations & Wars

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 Lapita Expansion (Western Polynesia) Trade route · Oceania 1500 BCE – 500 BCE Moses Figure · Egypt / Sinai / Canaan 1391 BCE – 1271 BCE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing
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