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Landmark Oceania religious World Heritage

Prambanan

850 CE – still standing

Largest Hindu temple compound in Indonesia, on Java

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–800 CE)
  2. Mataram (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. East Java (1000 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Singhasari (1279 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Majapahit (1300 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Malaysian Islamic states (1492 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Dutch East Indies (1650 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1815 CE)
  9. Netherlands Indies (1880 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. Dutch East Indies (1920 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. Indonesia (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

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Rangitoto Island

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Malaysian Islamic states

Attested 1492 CE – 1600 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Musket Wars

1807 CE – 1845 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Wairau Bar

1280 CE – 1400 CE

Polity · Oceania

Papua New Guinea

Attested 1492 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Wars of Majapahit

1293 CE – 1527 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Sydney

1788 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

New Zealand

Founded 1841 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 850 CE and 2026 CE.

1000 CE Pura Besakih 1280 CE Wairau Bar 1293 CE Wars of Majapahit 1633 CE Ulun Danu Beratan 1788 CE Sydney

And in the rest of the world

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

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