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Landmark Africa religious

Great Mosque of Touba

1963 CE – still standing

Holy city and largest mosque in sub-Saharan Africa, centre of the Mouride brotherhood in Senegal

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Great Mosque of Touba on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1960 CE)
  2. Senegal (1994 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Basilica of Our Lady of Peace

1985 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Portuguese Guinea

1474 CE – 1974 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Hassan II Mosque

1986 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Portuguese East Africa

1498 CE – 1975 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Spanish Sahara

1884 CE – 1976 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1963 CE and 2026 CE.

1963 CE Guinea-Bissau War of Independence 1964 CE Rhodesian Bush War 1964 CE Mozambican War of Independence 1964 CE Zanzibar Revolution 1966 CE South African Border War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Faisal Mosque Landmark · South Asia 1986 CE – still standing
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