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Eastern Roman Empire 565 CE
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Polity Europe

Byzantine Empire

395 CE – 1453 CE · 1,058 years

Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Byzantine Empire's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 8 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 800 CE to 1400 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

800 CE 8 snapshots 1400 CE
800 CE900 CE1000 CE1100 CE1200 CE1279 CE1300 CE1400 CE

Elsewhere in Europe 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 · Europe

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

376 CE – 476 CE

Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Byzantine–Arab Wars

629 CE – 1180 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 395 CE and 1453 CE.

451 CE Battle of the Catalaunian Plains 482 CE Kyiv 486 CE Frankish Conquest of Gaul 533 CE Vandalic War 535 CE Gothic War (Italian Reconquest) 537 CE Hagia Sophia

And in the rest of the world

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

Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Silk Road Trade route · East Asia 200 BCE – 1450 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing
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