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Eric Gaba ( Sting - fr:Sting ) · CC BY-SA 2.5

Landmark Americas archaeological

Orongo

1400 CE – 1866 CE · 466 years

Ceremonial stone village on the rim of Rano Kau crater on Easter Island, center of the birdman cult with elaborate petroglyphs of Make-make

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Orongo on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1300 CE)
Polynesians (1400 CE–1880 CE) Border precision: Approximate
Rapa Nui (1900 CE–1960 CE) Border precision: Defined
Chile (1994 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined

Border precision

Defined
Approximate

Elsewhere in Americas 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 · Americas

Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Landmark · Americas

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

3700 BCE – 1850 CE

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Voyage to Aotearoa (New Zealand)

1100 CE – 1400 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1400 CE and 1866 CE.

1400 CE Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau 1400 CE Ingapirca 1400 CE Ollantaytambo 1428 CE Aztec Triple Alliance Expansion 1438 CE Inca Empire Expansion 1438 CE Qorikancha

And in the rest of the world

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

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE Mediterranean Southern Route Trade route · Middle East 331 BCE – 1500 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Ibn Khaldun Figure · North Africa / Mamluk Egypt 1332 CE – 1406 CE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE

Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Orongo map Eric Gaba ( Sting - fr:Sting ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Machu Picchu Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0
Flag of Canada (Pantone) Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Ken Thomas · Public domain
Flag of Mexico Omar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain