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joepyrek from Richmond, Va, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Landmark Africa archaeological World Heritage

Leptis Magna

1000 BCE – still standing

Prominent Roman city on the coast of North Africa

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Leptis Magna on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

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

Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1500 BCE)
No border recorded here in this snapshot (1000 BCE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Volubilis

300 BCE – 1200 CE

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Africa

Trans-Saharan Western Route

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

Landmark · Africa

Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Africa

Trans-Saharan Eastern Route

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1000 BCE and 2026 CE.

1000 BCE Nok 631 BCE Cyrene 300 BCE Volubilis 300 BCE Bandiagara Escarpment 250 BCE Djenné-Djenno

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE King David Figure · Israel / Judah 1040 BCE – 970 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing

Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Leptis Magna joepyrek from Richmond, Va, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Volubilis Subhros · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of Algeria Original: National Liberation Front of Algeria Vector: SKopp · Public domain
Osun-Osogbo ABORISADEADETONA · CC BY-SA 4.0
Flag of Angola Original: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain