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Polity Africa

Burundi

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Country in East Africa

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

The atlas draws the world at 12 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Burundi 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 12 snapshots 2026 CE
1815 CE1880 CE1900 CE1920 CE1930 CE1938 CE1945 CE1960 CE1994 CE2000 CE2010 CE2026 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 Burundi Own work. This vector image was generated programmatically from geometry defined in File:… · 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