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Landmark Middle East religious

Shrine of Imam Ali

977 CE – still standing

Holiest site in Shia Islam, tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib in Najaf, Iraq

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Imam Ali Shrine on Wikipedia.

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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–900 CE)
  2. Buwayhid Emirates (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Seljuk Empire (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Khwarazmian Empire (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Ilkhanate (1279 CE–1300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Timurid Empire (1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Emirate of the White Sheep Turks (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Ottoman Empire (1530 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Mesopotamia (GB) (1920 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. Kingdom of Iraq (1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. Mesopotamia (GB) (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  12. Iraq (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · Middle East

2026 Iran War

2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 977 CE and 2026 CE.

1096 CE The Crusades 1100 CE Hormuz 1142 CE Krak des Chevaliers 1157 CE Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum 1181 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

And in the rest of the world

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