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Landmark Middle East religious

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

1888 CE – still standing

The Pink Mosque of Shiraz, famous for its stained glass windows that cast kaleidoscopic rainbows across the prayer hall at sunrise

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Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Darvaza Gas Crater

1971 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Iran

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Eritrean–Ethiopian War

1998 CE – 2000 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Our Lady of Lebanon

1908 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Conflict · Middle East

2026 Iran War

2026 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Al-Muhdhar Mosque

1914 CE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Khiva Khanate

1511 CE – 1920 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1888 CE and 2026 CE.

1895 CE First Italo-Ethiopian War 1896 CE Battle of Adwa 1908 CE Our Lady of Lebanon 1914 CE Al-Muhdhar Mosque 1916 CE Arab Revolt (WWI)

And in the rest of the world

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

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Otto von Bismarck Figure · Prussia / Germany 1815 CE – 1898 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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