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Shah-i-Zinda

1370 CE – still standing

Dazzling avenue of Timurid-era mausoleums in Samarkand with the finest majolica tilework in the Islamic world, a sacred pilgrimage site

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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–1300 CE)
  2. Timurid Empire (1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Chagatai Khanate (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Khiva Khanate (1530 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. central Asian khanates (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. Turan (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Russian Empire (1880 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Russian SFSR (1920 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. USSR (1930 CE–1960 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. Uzbekistan (1994 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Running at the same time

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Landmark

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

1389 CE – still standing

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Figure · North Africa / Mamluk Egypt

Ibn Khaldun

1332 CE – 1406 CE

Conflict

Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane)

1370 CE – 1405 CE

Landmark

Jiaohe Ruins

200 BCE – 1400 CE

Trade route

Manila Galleon Return Route

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1370 CE and 2026 CE.

1370 CE Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane) 1389 CE Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 1399 CE Bibi-Khanym Mosque 1445 CE Russo–Kazan Wars 1514 CE Kalyan Mosque

And in the rest of the world

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

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE
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