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| | Global Networking Timeline: 30,000 BCE-999 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | 3500 BCE - [M] A 10,000 km strong network of long-distance trade routes spans the seas (a total of 1,000 km) and lands (a total of 9,000 km) of Eurasia and Africa (reanalysis of Sherratt 2003 data in Ciolek, forthcoming). |
 | | 3000 BCE - [M] A 13,000 km strong network of long-distance trade routes spans the seas (a total of 1,000 km) and lands (a total of 12,000 km) of Eurasia and Africa (reanalysis of Sherratt 2003 data in Ciolek, forthcoming). |
 | | 2000 BCE - [M] A 21,000 km strong network of long-distance trade routes spans the seas (a total of 8,000 km) and lands (a total of 13,000 km) of Eurasia and Africa (reanalysis of Sherratt 2003 data in Ciolek, forthcoming). |
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