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Landmark East Asia religious

Temple of Heaven

1420 CE – still standing

Imperial altar complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing emperors prayed for good harvests

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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–1400 CE)
  2. Ming Empire (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Ming Chinese Empire (1500 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Manchu Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Qing Empire (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Not stated
  6. Manchu Empire (1815 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Republic of China (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Chinese Warlords (1920 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Republic of China (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. China (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate
  • Not stated

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

House of Taga

900 CE – 1700 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

Ayutthaya

1351 CE – 1767 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1420 CE and 2026 CE.

1467 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) 1467 CE Ōnin War 1510 CE Toungoo Dynasty Wars 1510 CE Toungoo Empire Wars 1547 CE Burmese–Siamese Wars

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 Christine de Pizan Figure · France 1364 CE – 1430 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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