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Polity East Asia

Empire of Japan

1868 CE – 1947 CE · 79 years

Japanese nation state from 1868 to 1947

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Empire of Japan'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 4 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1914 CE to 1938 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1914 CE 4 snapshots 1938 CE
1914 CE1920 CE1930 CE1938 CE

Elsewhere in East Asia 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 · East Asia

Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Boxer Rebellion

1899 CE – 1901 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Second Sino-Japanese War

1937 CE – 1945 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1868 CE and 1947 CE.

1868 CE Boshin War 1873 CE Dutch–Aceh War 1877 CE Satsuma Rebellion 1884 CE Sino-French War 1891 CE Batu Caves 1894 CE First Sino-Japanese War

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 Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Robert E. Lee Figure · United States 1807 CE – 1870 CE Tea Clipper Route Trade route · Europe 1850 CE – 1880 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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