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Trade route Middle East

Mediterranean Southern Route

331 BCE – 1500 CE · 1,831 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

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

The Crusades

1096 CE – 1291 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

600 BCE – 320 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Persia

Attested 400 CE – 1914 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Egyptian Red Sea Trade

2500 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid)

274 BCE – 168 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 331 BCE and 1500 CE.

331 BCE Alexandria 322 BCE Wars of the Diadochi 300 BCE Petra 280 BCE Lighthouse of Alexandria 275 BCE Berenice 274 BCE Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid)

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

Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Amber Road Trade route · Europe 1000 BCE – 400 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Aristotle Figure · Greece 384 BCE – 322 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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