Original: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain

Polity Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Country in Southern Africa

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How these dates were made

Why this bar's edges are floors, not a founding and a fall.

The atlas draws the world at 10 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Angola appears to the last, so both edges are floors — the earliest and latest years it is attested, not a founding and a dissolution.

1815 CE 10 snapshots 2026 CE

1815 CE 1900 CE 1914 CE 1920 CE 1930 CE 1960 CE 1994 CE 2000 CE 2010 CE 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

Thimlich Ohinga

1400 BCE – 1900 CE

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Trade route · Africa

Atlantic Middle Passage

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Landmark · Africa

St. George's Cathedral

1848 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Sudan

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Landmark · Africa

Christ Church, Zanzibar

1879 CE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1815 CE and 2026 CE.

1815 CE Mfecane (The Crushing) 1816 CE Rise of the Zulu Kingdom (Mfecane) 1824 CE Anglo-Ashanti Wars 1848 CE St. George's Cathedral 1879 CE Anglo-Zulu War 1879 CE Christ Church, Zanzibar

And in the rest of the world

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

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE John Adams Figure · America 1735 CE – 1826 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing

Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Flag of Angola Original: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain
Thimlich Ohinga Wycondi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of Algeria Original: National Liberation Front of Algeria Vector: SKopp · Public domain
Flag of Sudan www.vexilla-mundi.com Flags of the World: Sudan - Flag Construction details · Public domain
Christ Church, Zanzibar This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov. Please credit this with : Photo : Anton Zelenov in… · CC BY-SA 3.0