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Landmark Africa archaeological

Tomb of the Askia

1495 CE – still standing

Pyramidal mud-brick royal tomb in Gao, Mali, built by Askia Muhammad of the Songhai Empire, the largest pre-colonial structure in West Africa

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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–1492 CE)
  2. Songhai (1500 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Morocco (1650 CE–1700 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1715 CE–1900 CE)
  5. French West Africa (1914 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. French Sudan (1945 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Mali (1960 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate

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

Royal Hill of Ambohimanga

1500 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Trade route · Africa

East African Coastal Trade

900 CE – 1505 CE

Landmark · Africa

Robben Island

1658 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Trade route · Africa

Atlantic Middle Passage

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1495 CE and 2026 CE.

1500 CE Royal Hill of Ambohimanga 1529 CE Ethiopian–Adal War 1550 CE Oyo Empire Wars 1575 CE Luanda 1591 CE Moroccan Invasion of Songhai

And in the rest of the world

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

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Christopher Columbus Figure · Spain / Atlantic / Caribbean 1451 CE – 1506 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing
Image credits 4 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Ambohimanga Lemurbaby · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flag of Algeria Original: National Liberation Front of Algeria Vector: SKopp · Public domain
  • Robben Island South African Tourism from South Africa · CC BY 2.0
  • Flag of Angola Original: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain