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Landmark Europe archaeological

Sutton Hoo

600 CE – 650 CE · 50 years

Anglo-Saxon ship burial containing the richest treasure ever found in Britain, transforming understanding of early medieval England

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Sutton Hoo 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 CE)
  2. Cantia (600 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Mercia (800 CE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. England (1000 CE–1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Angevin Empire (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. English territory (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. England (1492 CE–1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. England and Ireland (1530 CE–1700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. United Kingdom (1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. Kingdom of Great Britain (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1815 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  12. United Kingdom (1938 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Roman Forum

500 BCE – 608 CE

Polity · Europe

Ostrogoths

Attested 400 CE – 600 CE

Conflict · Europe

Byzantine–Arab Wars

629 CE – 1180 CE

Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Byzantine Empire

395 CE – 1453 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Eastern Roman Empire

395 CE – 1453 CE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 600 CE and 650 CE.

614 CE Dubrovnik 629 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars 600 CE Srivijaya Maritime Wars 600 CE Chichen Itza 600 CE Mesa Verde

And in the rest of the world

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

Potala Palace Landmark · South Asia 637 CE – still standing Srivijaya Empire Polity 650 CE – 1400 CE Chinese Grand Canal Trade route · East Asia 600 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Mosque of the Companions Landmark · Middle East 615 CE – still standing
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