Timeline of Riyadh

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The following is a Gregorian timeline of the history for the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Late Triassic

Late Cretaceous

Cenozoic

Middle Paleolithic

Upper Paleolithic

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

2000s

2010s

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