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2,011 AD

United States special forces kill Osama bin Laden during a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

This question uses 2011 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The operation ended a decade-long search for the al-Qaeda leader responsible for the September 11 attacks.

1,703 AD

Peter the Great founds Saint Petersburg during Russia’s war with Sweden.

This question uses 1703 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The planned city became an imperial capital and a symbol of Russia’s orientation toward Europe and the Baltic.

762 AD

The Abbasid caliph al-Mansur founds a circular capital on the Tigris called Baghdad.

This question uses 762 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The city grew into a major center of administration, scholarship, translation, and long-distance commerce.

745 BC

Tiglath-Pileser III takes the Assyrian throne and reorganizes the empire.

This question uses 745 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.

Military and administrative reforms strengthened provincial control and helped create a formidable territorial state.

625 AD

An elite ship burial is created at Sutton Hoo in early medieval England.

This question uses 625 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

Weapons, gold fittings, silver vessels, and the ship itself reveal wide connections and sophisticated kingship in East Anglia.