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Polity Africa

Fatimid Caliphate

909 CE – 1200 CE · 291 years

Fourth Islamic caliphate (909–1171)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Fatimid Caliphate'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 3 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1000 CE to 1200 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1000 CE 3 snapshots 1200 CE
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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

Great Zimbabwe

1100 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Madagascar

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Ghana–Almoravid Conflict

1054 CE – 1083 CE

Trade route · Africa

East African Coastal Trade

900 CE – 1505 CE

Landmark · Africa

Timbuktu

1100 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Mali

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars

1100 CE – 1629 CE

Landmark · Africa

Bandiagara Cliff Settlements

1000 CE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 909 CE and 1200 CE.

1075 CE Mapungubwe 1100 CE Kanem-Bornu Wars 1100 CE Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars 1100 CE Great Zimbabwe 1100 CE Timbuktu 1100 CE Gedi Ruins

And in the rest of the world

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

Gyeongju Historic Areas Landmark · East Asia 57 BCE – 935 CE Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Varangian Trade Route Trade route · Europe 800 CE – 1100 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars Conflict · Europe 629 CE – 1180 CE Al-Razi Figure · Rayy / Baghdad / Persia 854 CE – 925 CE Rila Monastery Landmark · Europe 927 CE – still standing
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