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Polity Europe

East Germany

1949 CE – 1990 CE · 41 years

Country in Central Europe (1949–1990)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: East Germany's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. Wikidata records more than one founding date; the earliest is shown. The atlas itself draws the world at one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1960 CE to 1960 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1960 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

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Württemberg

1083 CE – 1952 CE

Conflict · Europe

Kurdish–Turkish Conflict

1984 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Spanish Morocco

1912 CE – 1956 CE

Conflict · Europe

Algerian War of Independence

1954 CE – 1962 CE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Saar Protectorate

1945 CE – 1956 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1949 CE and 1990 CE.

1954 CE Algerian War of Independence 1956 CE Hungarian Revolution 1968 CE Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968 CE The Troubles 1974 CE Turkish Invasion of Cyprus 1976 CE Blue Lagoon

And in the rest of the world

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

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá Landmark · Americas 1954 CE – still standing
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