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Landmark Europe wonder

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE · 812 years

Grand Greek temple dedicated to Artemis, destroyed by the Goths

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Temple of Artemis on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 BCE)
  2. Achaemenid Empire (500 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Empire of Alexander (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Kingdom of Antigonus (300 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Seleucid Kingdom (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 (Diocletianus) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Eastern Roman Empire (400 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Byzantine Empire (800 CE–1300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Ottoman Empire (1400 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Greece (1920 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  13. Turkey (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Colosseum

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Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

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Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE

Polity · Europe

Roman Empire

26 BCE – 395 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Western Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 550 BCE and 262 CE.

509 BCE Roman–Etruscan Wars 500 BCE Roman Forum 499 BCE Greco-Persian Wars 499 BCE Ionian Revolt 490 BCE Battle of Marathon

And in the rest of the world

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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 Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Hanging Gardens of Babylon Landmark · Middle East 600 BCE – 320 BCE
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