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Landmark East Asia religious

Shaolin Temple

495 CE – still standing

Legendary Chan Buddhist monastery in Henan province, birthplace of Shaolin kung fu and a major center of Chinese Buddhist tradition

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Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Gyeongju Historic Areas

57 BCE – 935 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

400 CE – 1400 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Goguryeo–Sui Wars

598 CE – 614 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 495 CE and 2026 CE.

528 CE Bulguksa Temple 552 CE Göktürk Wars 589 CE Hangzhou 598 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars 600 CE Shwedagon Pagoda

And in the rest of the world

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

Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 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 Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing
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