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Landmark Europe archaeological

Pompeii

600 BCE – still standing

Roman city preserved under volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius

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Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 600 BCE and 2026 CE.

600 BCE Herculaneum 600 BCE Marseille 600 BCE Epidaurus 595 BCE First Sacred War 590 BCE Lydian–Median War

And in the rest of the world

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

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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