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Polity Africa

Gambia

Founded 1880 CE · attested to 1900 CE

Country in West Africa

Wikipedia

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The Gambia on Wikipedia.

How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Gambia'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 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1880 CE to 1900 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1880 CE 2 snapshots 1900 CE

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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