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Trade route Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE · 2,721 years

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Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Chichen Itza

600 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Chorrera

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Conflict · Americas

Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries

1200 CE – 1600 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Landmark · Americas

Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Trade route · Americas

Voyage to Hawai'i

700 CE – 1300 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1200 BCE and 1521 CE.

1200 BCE Ha'amonga 'a Maui 1100 BCE Pulemelei Mound 900 BCE Chavín de Huántar 600 BCE Tikal 600 BCE San Agustín Archaeological Park 600 BCE Tierradentro

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 Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE King David Figure · Israel / Judah 1040 BCE – 970 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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