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Hassan II Mosque

1986 CE – still standing

Mosque with the world's tallest minaret, partially built over the Atlantic Ocean in Casablanca

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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. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1994 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

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1920 CE – 1997 CE

Conflict · Africa

Angolan Civil War

1975 CE – 2002 CE

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Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Rwandan Civil War & Genocide

1990 CE – 1994 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1986 CE and 2026 CE.

1989 CE Liberian Civil Wars 1990 CE Rwandan Civil War & Genocide 1991 CE Somali Civil War 1991 CE Sierra Leone Civil War 1992 CE US Intervention in Somalia (UNOSOM)

And in the rest of the world

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

Cristo Rei of Dili Landmark · Oceania 1996 CE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War Conflict · Middle East 1998 CE – 2000 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2001 CE – still standing
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