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Landmark Americas archaeological

Mulifanua Lapita Site

800 BCE – 700 BCE · 100 years

Submerged Lapita pottery site off Upolu, Samoa, marking the easternmost extent of the Lapita seafaring culture that colonized Polynesia.

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Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Maya chiefdoms and states

2000 BCE – 1521 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Chorrera

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Landmark · Americas

Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Chavin

Attested 1000 BCE – 100 BCE

Landmark · Americas

Carlsbad Caverns

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 800 BCE and 700 BCE.

800 BCE Delphi 800 BCE Butrint 800 BCE Derinkuyu Underground City 800 BCE Heracleion 776 BCE Olympia 771 BCE Spring and Autumn Period 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 Surasena Polity · South Asia 700 BCE – 300 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Spring and Autumn Period Wars Conflict · East Asia 771 BCE – 476 BCE Olympia Landmark · Europe 776 BCE – 393 CE Milograd culture Polity · Europe 700 BCE – 100 CE
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