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Landmark Middle East religious

Temple of Solomon

957 BCE – 586 BCE · 371 years

First Temple built by King Solomon on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

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Landmark · Middle East

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

600 BCE – 320 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Kingdom of David and Solomon

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Phoenician Trade Route

800 BCE – 300 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Wars of David & Solomon

1010 BCE – 930 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Meroe

750 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

state societies and Aramaean kingdoms

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Kushite Conquest of Egypt

747 BCE – 656 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 957 BCE and 586 BCE.

800 BCE Heracleion 750 BCE Meroe 747 BCE Kushite Conquest of Egypt 700 BCE Thonis 612 BCE Neo-Babylonian Conquests

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

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Carthaginian Empire Polity · Europe 801 BCE – 145 BCE Lapita Expansion (Western Polynesia) Trade route · Oceania 1500 BCE – 500 BCE King Solomon Figure · Israel / Judah 990 BCE – 931 BCE Spring and Autumn Period Wars Conflict · East Asia 771 BCE – 476 BCE Carthage Landmark · Europe 814 BCE – still standing
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