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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Asia · Alexandria

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Asia

Also known as

(*"asia")
A-chiu
Aasia
Aasia
Aasia
Aasia

Image illustrating Asia — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Asiasee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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containsAbbasid Caliphate750 CE
containsAchaemenid Empire550 BCE
containsAkkadian Empire2334 BCE
containsAngkor Wat12th c. CE
containsAssyrian Empire2025 BCE
containsBabylon3k BCE
containsBaekje18 BCE
containsBaghdad762 CE
containsBlack Death1346 CE
containsByzantine Empire395 CE
containsChola dynasty300 BCE
containsCold War1945 CE

+ 12 further connections to entries not yet ingested

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