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Nan Madol

1180 CE – still standing

Megalithic ceremonial centre built on artificial islands in Micronesia, the Venice of the Pacific

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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–1100 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1200 CE–2026 CE)

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Landmark

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

1389 CE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Figure · Al-Andalus / Almohad Empire

Ibn Rushd

1126 CE – 1198 CE

Landmark

Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand)

500 BCE – 1220 CE

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Trade route

Manila Galleon Return Route

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1180 CE and 2026 CE.

1206 CE Mongol Conquests 1250 CE Lelu Ruins 1370 CE Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane) 1370 CE Shah-i-Zinda 1389 CE Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

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 Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE
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