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Trade route Middle East

Egyptian Red Sea Trade

2500 BCE – 30 BCE · 2,470 years

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Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

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Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Conquests of Cyrus the Great

559 BCE – 530 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

600 BCE – 320 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Hadramaut

Attested 323 BCE – 1700 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Incense Route

1000 BCE – 200 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Campaigns of Thutmose III

1457 BCE – 1425 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2500 BCE and 30 BCE.

2500 BCE Umma–Lagash Border War 2500 BCE Kerma 2500 BCE Great Sphinx of Giza 2500 BCE Merv 2334 BCE Akkadian Empire Conquests 2300 BCE Babylon

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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 Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia) Trade route · South Asia 2600 BCE – 1900 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Conflict · Europe 499 BCE – 449 BCE Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Landmark · Europe 550 BCE – 262 CE
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