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Polity Europe

Pergamon

Founded 800 BCE · attested to 200 BCE

Ancient Greek city in Anatolia

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Pergamon's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 200 BCE to 200 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

200 BCE

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE

Polity · Europe

Cimerians

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 800 BCE and 200 BCE.

800 BCE Delphi 800 BCE Butrint 800 BCE Derinkuyu Underground City 776 BCE Olympia 756 BCE Trebizond 750 BCE Biskupin

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Mesopotamian Trade Network Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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