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Landmark Europe wonder

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE · 861 years

Monumental seated figure of the king of gods, destroyed by fire

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Statue of Zeus at Olympia 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–500 BCE)
  2. Greek city-states (400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Empire of Alexander (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Kingdom of Antigonus (300 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Macedon and Hellenic League (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Roman Republic (100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Roman Empire (1 BCE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Rome (Galerius) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Eastern Roman Empire (400 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Byzantine Empire (800 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Ottoman Empire (1492 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Greece (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Byzantine Empire

395 CE – 1453 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Cimbrian War

113 BCE – 101 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 435 BCE and 426 CE.

431 BCE Peloponnesian War 400 BCE Ostia Antica 395 BCE Corinthian War 379 BCE Theban–Spartan War 371 BCE Battle of Leuctra

And in the rest of the world

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

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Pericles Figure · Athens 495 BCE – 429 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Hanging Gardens of Babylon Landmark · Middle East 600 BCE – 320 BCE
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