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Süleymaniye Mosque

1557 CE – still standing

Masterwork of the architect Sinan, crowning Istanbul's skyline as the Ottoman Empire's greatest imperial mosque complex

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Süleymaniye Mosque 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–1530 CE)
  2. Ottoman Empire (1600 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Bulgaria (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Ottoman Sultanate (1920 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Turkey (1930 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

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1200 CE – 1669 CE

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World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1557 CE and 2026 CE.

1558 CE Livonian War 1562 CE French Wars of Religion 1565 CE Great Siege of Malta 1566 CE Stari Most 1568 CE Eighty Years' War (Dutch Revolt)

And in the rest of the world

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