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Pytheas of Massalia's voyage to Thule and northern Europe (c. 325 BCE)

330 BCE - 77

Phoenician Trade with Iberia and Tartessos (c. 9th–6th centuries BCE)

900 BCE - 537 BCE

Phoenician Sea Engagements with Greek Colonists (c. 8th–5th centuries BCE)

800 BCE - 397 BCE

Phoenician Naval Interactions with Assyrian and Egyptian Powers (c. 10th–7th centuries BCE)

1000 - 8680

Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax and the Greek coastal periplus tradition (4th century BCE)

500 BCE - 2011

Organization and Romanization of Britannia (43–150 CE)

43 - 142

Ming naval campaigns against wokou piracy (14th–16th centuries)

1371 - 1567

Ming coastal defenses and the Haijin maritime prohibition (1371–1567)

1371 - 1567

Maritime Silk Road in the Tang dynasty (7th–10th centuries)

618 - 907

Hainan island and Beibu Gulf maritime networks (Tang–Ming, 8th–16th centuries)

631 - 1605

Hadrian's Wall: construction and frontier life (122–410 CE)

100 - 410

Hadrian's frontier policy and limes consolidation (117–138 CE)

117 - 138

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