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San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán civic center (c. 1400–900 BCE)

1750 BCE - 1946

Sacred public spaces: plazas, mounds, and amphitheaters in Norte Chico (c. 3500–1800 BCE)

4000 BCE - 1800 BCE

Sack of Haojing and the Move to Luoyang (events of 771 BCE and aftermath)

779 BCE - 750 BCE

Royal lineage and reign chronology of Shang kings (traditional and archaeological) (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 1046 BCE

Ritual landscape and waterworks at La Venta (mounds, plazas, and offering pits) (c. 900–400 BCE)

900 BCE - 400 BCE

Rise of the State of Qin during the late Zhou (4th–3rd centuries BCE)

221 - 361

Rise of Provincial Nomarchs and Theban Tombs in the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BCE)

1850 - 2100

Religious rites, ancestor worship, and divination practices in the Shang (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 2006

Religion, Temples, and Cult Institutions in Akkadian Cities (c. 2350–2150 BCE)

2334 BCE - 2100 BCE

Relations between the Shang and neighboring polities (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 1046 BCE

Reign of Mentuhotep III (c. 2010–1998 BCE)

1995 - 2009

Reign of Mentuhotep II (c. 2061–2010 BCE)

2010 - 2061

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