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Landmark Americas archaeological

Palenque

226 CE – still standing

Maya city-state in the jungles of Chiapas with elaborate carved reliefs

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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–200 CE)
  2. Maya chiefdoms and states (300 CE–400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Maya states (500 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Maya city-states (800 CE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1000 CE–1400 CE)
  6. Winikon bä lojon/Xk’ukwits/Ajlumob/Otulob (Ch'ol) (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1500 CE)
  8. New Spain (1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Vice-Royalty of New Spain (1600 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Mexico (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Chichen Itza

600 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

Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 226 CE and 2026 CE.

500 CE Uxmal 500 CE Kuelap 600 CE Chichen Itza 600 CE Mesa Verde 600 CE Cahokia Mounds

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 Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Amber Road Trade route · Europe 1000 BCE – 400 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Nagarjuna Figure · South India 150 CE – 250 CE Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Landmark · Europe 550 BCE – 262 CE
Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Palenque Ricraider · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Chichen Itza Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone) Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
  • Machu Picchu Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Mexico Omar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain