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Antarctica (orthographic projection)
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Polity Africa

Antarctica

Attested 1945 CE – 1960 CE

Earth's southernmost continent

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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 2 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Antarctica appears to the last, so both edges are floors — the earliest and latest years it is attested, not a founding and a dissolution.

1945 CE 2 snapshots 1960 CE
1945 CE1960 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

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Madagascar (France)

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE

Conflict · Africa

First Sudanese Civil War

1955 CE – 1972 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French West Africa

1895 CE – 1958 CE

Conflict · Africa

Congo Crisis

1960 CE – 1965 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French Equatorial Africa

1910 CE – 1958 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1945 CE and 1960 CE.

1947 CE Malagasy Uprising 1952 CE Mau Mau Uprising 1955 CE First Sudanese Civil War 1960 CE Congo Crisis 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1945 CE Soviet Invasion of Manchuria (Operation August Storm)

And in the rest of the world

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

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá Landmark · Americas 1954 CE – still standing British Raj Polity · South Asia 1858 CE – 1947 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Henry Ford Figure · United States 1863 CE – 1947 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida Landmark · Americas 1955 CE – still standing
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