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Polity Europe

Celts

Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE

Collection of Indo-European peoples sharing Celtic languages and cultural traits

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Celts on Wikipedia.

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Celts's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 5 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 400 BCE to 100 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

400 BCE 5 snapshots 100 BCE
400 BCE323 BCE300 BCE200 BCE100 BCE

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

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Landmark · Europe

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE

Polity · Europe

Carthaginian Empire

801 BCE – 145 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1200 BCE and 100 BCE.

1200 BCE Sardis 1194 BCE Trojan War & Late Bronze Age Conflicts 1100 BCE Cádiz 1000 BCE Ephesus 911 BCE Neo-Assyrian Resurgence 900 BCE Ancient Corinth

And in the rest of the world

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

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Mesopotamian Trade Network Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE King David Figure · Israel / Judah 1040 BCE – 970 BCE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing
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