The Ancient World · event 8 of 11

326 AD

Helena travels to the Holy Land. The mother of Constantine makes a well-documented journey to Jerusalem and identifies sites associated with the life of Christ. Christian pilgrimage becomes a mass movement within a century, and the infrastructure built for it is the first travel industry.

The The Ancient World era

  1. c. 3000 BC
  2. c. 1500 BC
  3. c. 776 BC
  4. c. 440 BC
  5. c. 130 BC
  6. c. 100 AD
  7. c. 150 AD
  8. 326 AD
  9. c. 630 AD
  10. 632 AD
  11. c. 1000

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