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Landmark Americas archaeological

Great Serpent Mound

300 BCE – 1070 CE · 1,370 years

Largest serpent effigy mound in the world in Ohio, a 411-meter earthwork aligned to solstice sunsets and lunar cycles

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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–323 BCE)
  2. Adena Culture (300 BCE–200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Hopewell Culture (100 BCE–500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Eastern North American hunter-gatherers (600 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Kaskaskia (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1500 CE–1715 CE)
  7. United States of America (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. United States (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. United States of America (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. United States (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Chichen Itza

600 CE – still standing

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Chorrera

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

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Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

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Teotihuacan

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Americas

Voyage to Hawai'i

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Monte Albán Zapotec Conquest State

200 BCE – 500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 300 BCE and 1070 CE.

250 BCE Maya City-State Wars 200 BCE Teotihuacan 200 BCE Tiwanaku 200 BCE Copán 100 CE Mitla

And in the rest of the world

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Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Chandragupta Maurya Figure · India 340 BCE – 297 BCE Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Landmark · Europe 550 BCE – 262 CE
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