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Landmark Europe archaeological World Heritage

Olympia

776 BCE – 393 CE · 1,169 years

Sanctuary of Zeus and birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese, Greece

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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–1000 BCE)
  2. Greek city-states (700 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Empire of Alexander (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Kingdom of Antigonus (300 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Macedon and Hellenic League (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Roman Republic (100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Roman Empire (1 BCE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Rome (Galerius) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Eastern Roman Empire (400 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Byzantine Empire (800 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Ottoman Empire (1492 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Greece (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Roman Empire

26 BCE – 395 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Western Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 776 BCE and 393 CE.

756 BCE Trebizond 750 BCE Biskupin 745 BCE Sargonid Assyrian Conquests 743 BCE Messenian Wars 720 BCE Cimmerian & Scythian Invasions

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 Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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