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Landmark East Asia religious

Shwedagon Pagoda

600 CE – still standing

Golden Buddhist stupa dominating the Yangon skyline

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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–500 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (600 CE–700 CE)
  3. Mon state (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Mon States (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Kingdom of Pagan (1000 CE–1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Bagan (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Pagan (1279 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Burmese kingdoms (1300 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Pegu (1492 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Ava (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. Burma (1783 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  12. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  13. Burma (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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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 600 CE and 2026 CE.

617 CE Tang Unification Wars 645 CE Sensō-ji 645 CE Osaka 700 CE Quanzhou 711 CE Fushimi Inari-taisha

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 Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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