Section: Fortifications
Variable: Long Wall (All coded records)
in km. These are fortifications that were used not to protect a specific city or town, but a large territory. Examples include the Great Wall of China. Provide an estimate in km of the extent of the longest of such fortification systems. If not present, enter '0'. Very large circular walls protecting a settlement are not long walls - long walls are fairly linear and protect whole areas from incursions. If a polity inherits a stone wall from a previous one and continues to use and repair it, then we should probably code it as present.  
273 Long Wall Records
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1 Northern Wei 1,073 km 423 CE
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2 Northern Wei 681 km 446 CE
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3 Kushan Empire 60 km 35 CE  319 CE
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4 Eastern Han Empire 7,200 km Uncertain 25 CE  220 CE
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5 Erligang absent 1650 BCE  1250 BCE
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6 Erlitou absent 1850 BCE  1600 BCE
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7 Hmong - Early Chinese unknown Suspected 1895 CE  1941 CE
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8 Hmong - Late Qing absent 1701 CE  1895 CE
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9 Jin absent 780 BCE  404 BCE
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10 Longshan absent 3000 BCE  1900 BCE
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11 Jin Dynasty [1,700 to 5,000] km 1115 CE  1234 CE
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12 Great Ming [6,259 to 6,700] km 1368 CE  1644 CE
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13 Northern Song absent 960 CE  1127 CE
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14 Peiligang 0 km Inferred 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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15 Late Qing [6,259 to 6,700] km 1796 CE  1912 CE
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16 Late Shang absent 1250 BCE  1045 BCE
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17 Sui Dynasty 2,414 km 581 CE  618 CE
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18 Tang Dynasty I 48 km 617 CE  763 CE
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19 Tang Dynasty II 48 km 763 CE  907 CE
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20 Western Han Empire 7,200 km Uncertain 202 BCE  9 CE
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21 Western Zhou absent 1122 BCE  771 BCE
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22 Early Wei Dynasty absent 445 BCE  225 BCE
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23 Yangshao absent 5000 BCE  3000 BCE
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24 Great Yuan unknown Suspected 1271 CE  1368 CE
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25 Neguanje absent 250 CE  1050 CE
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26 Tairona absent 1050 CE  1524 CE
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27 Shuar - Colonial absent 1534 CE  1830 CE
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28 Shuar - Ecuadorian absent 1831 CE  1931 CE
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29 Badarian absent 4400 BCE  3800 BCE
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30 Egypt - Dynasty I absent 3100 BCE  2900 BCE
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31 Egypt - Dynasty II absent 2900 BCE  2687 BCE
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32 Egypt - Inter-Occupation Period absent 404 BCE  342 BCE
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33 Egypt - Middle Kingdom absent 2016 BCE  1700 BCE
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34 Naqada I absent 3800 BCE  3550 BCE
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35 Naqada II unknown Suspected 3550 BCE  3300 BCE
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36 Egypt - Dynasty 0 absent 3300 BCE  3100 BCE
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37 Egypt - Classic Old Kingdom absent 2650 BCE  2350 BCE
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38 Egypt - Late Old Kingdom absent 2350 BCE  2150 BCE
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39 Ptolemaic Kingdom I absent 305 BCE  217 BCE
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40 Ptolemaic Kingdom II absent 217 BCE  30 BCE
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41 Egypt - Period of the Regions absent 2150 BCE  2016 BCE
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42 Egypt - Saite Period absent 664 BCE  525 BCE
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43 Egypt - Thebes-Hyksos Period absent 1720 BCE  1567 BCE
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44 Egypt - Thebes-Libyan Period absent 1069 BCE  747 BCE
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45 Egypt - Tulunid-Ikhshidid Period absent 868 CE  969 CE
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46 Spanish Empire I absent 1516 CE  1715 CE
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47 Chuuk - Early Truk absent 1775 CE  1886 CE
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48 Chuuk - Late Truk absent 1886 CE  1948 CE
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49 Atlantic Complex absent 2200 BCE  1000 BCE
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50 Beaker Culture absent 3200 BCE  2000 BCE
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51 French Kingdom - Early Bourbon absent 1589 CE  1660 CE
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52 French Kingdom - Late Bourbon absent 1660 CE  1815 CE
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53 Proto-French Kingdom absent 987 CE  1150 CE
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54 French Kingdom - Late Capetian absent 1150 CE  1328 CE
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55 Carolingian Empire I absent 752 CE  840 CE
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56 Carolingian Empire II absent 840 CE  987 CE
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57 Hallstatt A-B1 absent 1000 BCE  900 BCE
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58 Hallstatt B2-3 absent 900 BCE  700 BCE
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59 Hallstatt C absent 700 BCE  600 BCE
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60 Hallstatt D absent 600 BCE  475 BCE
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61 Early Merovingian unknown Suspected 481 CE  543 CE
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62 Proto-Carolingian unknown Suspected 687 CE  751 CE
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63 Middle Merovingian unknown Suspected 543 CE  687 CE
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64 La Tene A-B1 absent 475 BCE  325 BCE
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65 La Tene B2-C1 absent 325 BCE  175 BCE
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66 La Tene C2-D absent 175 BCE  27 BCE
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67 French Kingdom - Early Valois absent 1328 CE  1450 CE
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68 French Kingdom - Late Valois absent 1450 CE  1589 CE
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69 Akan - Pre-Ashanti absent 1501 CE  1701 CE
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70 Ashanti Empire absent 1701 CE  1895 CE
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71 Archaic Crete absent 710 BCE  500 BCE
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72 Classical Crete absent 500 BCE  323 BCE
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73 The Emirate of Crete absent 824 CE  961 CE
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74 Final Postpalatial Crete absent 1200 BCE  1000 BCE
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75 Geometric Crete absent 1000 BCE  710 BCE
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76 Hellenistic Crete absent 323 BCE  69 BCE
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77 Monopalatial Crete absent 1450 BCE  1300 BCE
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78 New Palace Crete absent 1700 BCE  1450 BCE
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79 Neolithic Crete absent 7000 BCE  3000 BCE
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80 Old Palace Crete absent 1900 BCE  1700 BCE
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81 Postpalatial Crete absent 1300 BCE  1200 BCE
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82 Prepalatial Crete absent 3000 BCE  1900 BCE
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83 Hawaii I absent 1000 CE  1200 CE
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84 Hawaii II absent 1200 CE  1580 CE
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85 Hawaii III absent 1580 CE  1778 CE
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86 Iban - Pre-Brooke absent 1650 CE  1841 CE
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87 Iban - Brooke Raj and Colonial absent 1841 CE  1987 CE
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88 Majapahit Kingdom absent 1292 CE  1518 CE
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89 Canaan absent 2000 BCE  1175 BCE
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90 Yehuda absent 141 BCE  63 BCE
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91 Yisrael absent 1030 BCE  722 BCE
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92 Delhi Sultanate absent 1206 CE  1526 CE
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93 Neolithic Middle Ganga unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  3001 BCE
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94 Early A'chik absent 1775 CE  1867 CE
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95 Late A'chik absent 1867 CE  1956 CE
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96 Mahajanapada era absent 600 BCE  324 BCE
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97 Magadha - Maurya Empire absent 324 BCE  187 BCE
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98 Akkadian Empire unknown Suspected 2270 BCE  2083 BCE
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99 Neo-Assyrian Empire absent 911 BCE  612 BCE
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100 Neo-Babylonian Empire 43 km 626 BCE  539 BCE
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101 Southern Mesopotamia Neolithic absent 9000 BCE  5501 BCE
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102 Ubaid absent 5500 BCE  4201 BCE
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103 Ur - Dynasty III [190 to 300] km 2112 BCE  2004 BCE
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104 Achaemenid Empire 60 km 550 BCE  331 BCE
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105 Susiana - Muhammad Jaffar absent 7000 BCE  6000 BCE
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106 Elam - Awan Dynasty I unknown Suspected 2675 BCE  2100 BCE
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107 Elam - Crisis Period absent 1100 BCE  900 BCE
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108 Formative Period absent 7200 BCE  7000 BCE
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109 Susiana A unknown Suspected 6000 BCE  5700 BCE
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110 Susiana B unknown Suspected 5700 BCE  5100 BCE
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111 Susiana - Late Ubaid unknown Suspected 4700 BCE  4300 BCE
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112 Susiana - Early Ubaid unknown Suspected 5100 BCE  4700 BCE
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113 Elam - Kidinuid Period absent 1500 BCE  1400 BCE
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114 Elam - Igihalkid Period absent 1399 BCE  1200 BCE
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115 Elam - Shutrukid Period absent 1199 BCE  1100 BCE
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116 Elam I absent 900 BCE  744 BCE
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117 Elam II absent 743 BCE  647 BCE
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118 Elam III absent 612 BCE  539 BCE
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119 Pre-Ceramic Period absent 7800 BCE  7200 BCE
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120 Sasanid Empire I 195 km 205 CE  487 CE
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121 Sasanid Empire II 195 km 488 CE  642 CE
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122 Elam - Shimashki Period absent 2028 BCE  1940 BCE
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123 Elam - Early Sukkalmah absent 1900 BCE  1701 BCE
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124 Elam - Late Sukkalmah absent 1700 BCE  1500 BCE
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125 Susa I unknown Suspected 4300 BCE  3800 BCE
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126 Susa II unknown Suspected 3800 BCE  3100 BCE
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127 Susa III unknown Suspected 3100 BCE  2675 BCE
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128 Icelandic Commonwealth absent 930 CE  1262 CE
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129 Latium - Bronze Age absent 1800 BCE  900 BCE
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130 Latium - Copper Age absent 3600 BCE  1800 BCE
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131 Latium - Iron Age absent 1000 BCE  580 BCE
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132 Ostrogothic Kingdom 85 km 489 CE  554 CE
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133 Rome - Republic of St Peter II 50 km Uncertain 904 CE  1198 CE
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134 Rome - Republic of St Peter II 85 km Uncertain 904 CE  1198 CE
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135 Papal States - High Medieval Period 50 km Uncertain 1198 CE  1309 CE
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136 Papal States - High Medieval Period 85 km Uncertain 1198 CE  1309 CE
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137 Early Roman Republic absent 509 BCE  264 BCE
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138 Middle Roman Republic absent 264 BCE  133 BCE
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139 Roman Empire - Principate 119 km 31 BCE  284 CE
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140 Roman Kingdom absent 716 BCE  509 BCE
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141 Ashikaga Shogunate unknown Suspected 1336 CE  1467 CE
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142 Asuka absent 538 CE  710 CE
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143 Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama unknown Suspected 1568 CE  1603 CE
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144 Heian unknown Suspected 794 CE  1185 CE
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145 Japan - Incipient Jomon absent 13600 BCE  9200 BCE
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146 Japan - Initial Jomon absent 9200 BCE  5300 BCE
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147 Japan - Early Jomon absent 5300 BCE  3500 BCE
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148 Japan - Middle Jomon absent 3500 BCE  2500 BCE
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149 Japan - Late Jomon absent 2500 BCE  1200 BCE
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150 Japan - Final Jomon absent 1200 BCE  300 BCE
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151 Kamakura Shogunate 20 km 1185 CE  1333 CE
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152 Kansai - Kofun Period absent 250 CE  537 CE
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153 Nara Kingdom unknown Suspected 710 CE  794 CE
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154 Warring States Japan unknown Suspected 1467 CE  1568 CE
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155 Tokugawa Shogunate unknown Suspected 1603 CE  1868 CE
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156 Kansai - Yayoi Period absent 300 BCE  250 CE
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157 Western Turk Khaganate absent 582 CE  630 CE
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158 Classical Angkor 12 km 1100 CE  1220 CE
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159 Early Angkor 12 km 802 CE  1100 CE
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160 Late Angkor 12 km 1220 CE  1432 CE
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161 Khmer Kingdom unknown Suspected 1432 CE  1594 CE
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162 Funan I 8 km 225 CE  540 CE
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163 Funan II 8 km 540 CE  640 CE
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164 Bronze Age Cambodia unknown Suspected 1200 BCE  501 BCE
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165 Iron Age Cambodia unknown Suspected 500 BCE  224 CE
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166 Andronovo absent 1800 BCE  1200 BCE
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167 Phoenician Empire absent 1200 BCE  332 BCE
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168 Jenne-jeno I 0 km Inferred 250 BCE  49 CE
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169 Jenne-jeno III unknown Suspected 400 CE  899 CE
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170 Jenne-jeno IV unknown Suspected 900 CE  1300 CE
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171 Eastern Turk Khaganate unknown Suspected 583 CE  630 CE
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172 Khitan I unknown Suspected 907 CE  1125 CE
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173 Mongol Empire unknown Suspected 1206 CE  1270 CE
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174 Late Mongols unknown Suspected 1368 CE  1690 CE
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175 Rouran Khaganate unknown Suspected 300 CE  555 CE
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176 Shiwei absent 600 CE  1000 CE
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177 Second Turk Khaganate absent 682 CE  744 CE
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178 Uigur Khaganate unknown Suspected 745 CE  840 CE
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179 Xianbei Confederation unknown Suspected 100 CE  250 CE
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180 Early Xiongnu unknown Suspected 1400 BCE  300 BCE
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181 Late Xiongnu unknown Suspected 60 BCE  100 CE
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182 Xiongnu Imperial Confederation unknown Suspected 209 BCE  60 BCE
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183 Zungharian Empire unknown Suspected 1670 CE  1757 CE
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184 Middle Wagadu Empire unknown Suspected 700 CE  1077 CE
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185 Early Monte Alban I unknown Suspected 500 BCE  300 BCE
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186 Monte Alban Late I unknown Suspected 300 BCE  100 BCE
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187 Monte Alban II unknown Suspected 100 BCE  200 CE
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188 Monte Alban III unknown Suspected 200 CE  500 CE
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189 Monte Alban IIIB and IV unknown Suspected 500 CE  900 CE
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190 Archaic Basin of Mexico absent 6000 BCE  2001 BCE
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191 Aztec Empire absent 1427 CE  1526 CE
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192 Classic Basin of Mexico absent 100 CE  649 CE
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193 Late Formative Basin of Mexico absent 400 BCE  101 BCE
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194 Middle Formative Basin of Mexico absent 800 BCE  401 BCE
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195 Terminal Formative Basin of Mexico absent 100 BCE  99 CE
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196 Initial Formative Basin of Mexico absent 2000 BCE  1201 BCE
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197 Middle Postclassic Basin of Mexico absent 1200 CE  1426 CE
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198 Oaxaca - Rosario unknown Suspected 700 BCE  500 BCE
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199 Oaxaca - San Jose unknown Suspected 1150 BCE  700 BCE
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200 Oaxaca - Tierras Largas unknown Suspected 1400 BCE  1150 BCE
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201 Kingdom of Norway II absent 1262 CE  1396 CE
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202 Cuzco - Early Intermediate I absent 200 CE  499 CE
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203 Cuzco - Early Intermediate II absent 500 CE  649 CE
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204 Cuzco - Late Intermediate I absent 1000 CE  1250 CE
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205 Cuzco - Late Intermediate II absent 1250 CE  1400 CE
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206 Cuzco - Late Formative absent 500 BCE  200 CE
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207 Inca Empire absent 1375 CE  1532 CE
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208 Wari Empire absent 650 CE  999 CE
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209 Orokaiva - Pre-Colonial absent 1734 CE  1883 CE
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210 Orokaiva - Colonial absent 1884 CE  1942 CE
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211 Kachi Plain - Aceramic Neolithic absent 7500 BCE  5500 BCE
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212 Kachi Plain - Ceramic Neolithic absent 5500 BCE  4000 BCE
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213 Kachi Plain - Chalcolithic absent 4000 BCE  3200 BCE
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214 Indo-Greek Kingdom absent 180 BCE  10 BCE
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215 Kachi Plain - Post-Urban Period absent 1800 BCE  1300 BCE
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216 Kachi Plain - Pre-Urban Period absent 3200 BCE  2500 BCE
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217 Kachi Plain - Proto-Historic Period absent 1300 BCE  500 BCE
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218 Sind - Samma Dynasty absent 1335 CE  1521 CE
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219 Kachi Plain - Urban Period I absent 2500 BCE  2100 BCE
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220 Kachi Plain - Urban Period II absent 2100 BCE  1800 BCE
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221 Sakha - Early absent 1400 CE  1632 CE
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222 Sakha - Late absent 1632 CE  1900 CE
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223 Egypt - Kushite Period absent 747 BCE  656 BCE
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224 Ayutthaya unknown Suspected 1593 CE  1767 CE
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225 Rattanakosin unknown Suspected 1782 CE  1873 CE
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226 Sarazm unknown Suspected 3500 BCE  2000 BCE
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227 Konya Plain - Early Bronze Age unknown Suspected 3000 BCE  2000 BCE
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228 Konya Plain - Late Bronze Age II unknown Suspected 1500 BCE  1400 BCE
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229 Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia unknown Suspected 2000 BCE  1700 BCE
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230 Byzantine Empire I 56 km 632 CE  866 CE
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231 Konya Plain - Early Chalcolithic unknown Suspected 6000 BCE  5500 BCE
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232 Konya Plain - Late Chalcolithic unknown Suspected 5500 BCE  3000 BCE
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233 East Roman Empire 56 km 395 CE  631 CE
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234 Hatti - New Kingdom unknown Suspected 1400 BCE  1180 BCE
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235 Hatti - Old Kingdom unknown Suspected 1650 BCE  1500 BCE
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236 Kingdom of Lydia unknown Suspected 670 BCE  546 BCE
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237 Neo-Hittite Kingdoms unknown Suspected 1180 BCE  900 BCE
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238 Konya Plain - Ceramic Neolithic unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  6600 BCE
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239 Konya Plain - Early Neolithic unknown Suspected 9600 BCE  7000 BCE
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240 Konya Plain - Late Neolithic unknown Suspected 6600 BCE  6000 BCE
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241 Phrygian Kingdom 7 km 900 BCE  695 BCE
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242 Roman Empire - Dominate absent 285 CE  394 CE
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243 Rum Sultanate absent 1077 CE  1307 CE
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244 Tabal Kingdoms unknown Suspected 900 BCE  730 BCE
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245 Cahokia - Lohman-Stirling absent 1050 CE  1199 CE
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246 Cahokia - Moorehead absent 1200 CE  1275 CE
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247 Early Illinois Confederation absent 1640 CE  1717 CE
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248 Kingdom of Hawaii - Kamehameha Period absent 1778 CE  1819 CE
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249 Cahokia - Early Woodland absent 600 BCE  150 BCE
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250 Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian II absent 900 CE  1049 CE
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251 Cahokia - Middle Woodland absent 150 BCE  300 CE
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252 Cahokia - Late Woodland II absent 450 CE  600 CE
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253 Cahokia - Late Woodland III absent 600 CE  750 CE
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254 Cahokia - Late Woodland I absent 300 CE  450 CE
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255 Cahokia - Sand Prairie absent 1275 CE  1400 CE
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256 Cahokia - Emergent Mississippian I absent 750 CE  900 CE
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257 Oneota absent 1400 CE  1650 CE
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258 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Early absent 1566 CE  1713 CE
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259 Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Late absent 1714 CE  1848 CE
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260 Proto-Haudenosaunee Confederacy 0 km Inferred 1300 CE  1565 CE
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261 Chagatai Khanate unknown Suspected 1227 CE  1402 CE
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262 Himyar I absent 270 CE  340 CE
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263 Yemen - Late Bronze Age absent 1200 BCE  801 BCE
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264 Neolithic Yemen unknown Suspected 3500 BCE  1201 BCE
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265 Yemen - Qasimid Dynasty absent 1637 CE  1805 CE
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266 Rasulid Dynasty unknown Suspected 1229 CE  1453 CE
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267 Sabaean Commonwealth absent 800 BCE  451 BCE
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268 Yemen - Tahirid Dynasty unknown Suspected 1454 CE  1517 CE
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269 Yemen - Era of Warlords unknown Suspected 1038 CE  1174 CE
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270 Yemen Ziyadid Dynasty unknown Suspected 822 CE  1037 CE
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271 Durrani Empire absent 1747 CE  1826 CE
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272 Early Qing [6,259 to 6,700] km 1644 CE  1796 CE
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273 Ghur Principality absent 1025 CE  1215 CE
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