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Incense Route

1000 BCE – 200 CE · 1,200 years

Ancient trade road that connected Mediterranean ports to India via Africa and Arabia

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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

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 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

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Wars of David & Solomon

1010 BCE – 930 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1000 BCE and 200 CE.

957 BCE Temple of Solomon 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 Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Lapita Expansion (Western Polynesia) Trade route · Oceania 1500 BCE – 500 BCE King David Figure · Israel / Judah 1040 BCE – 970 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Conflict · Europe 499 BCE – 449 BCE Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing
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