
Mauritania
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Country in West Africa
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Mauritania'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 6 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1945 CE to 2026 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
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.
Landmark · Africa
Great Mosque of Touba
1963 CE – still standingPolity · Africa
Portuguese Guinea
1474 CE – 1974 CEConflict · Africa
Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)
1963 CELandmark · Africa
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
1985 CE – still standingPolity · Africa
Portuguese East Africa
1498 CE – 1975 CEConflict · Africa
Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)
1967 CE – 1970 CELandmark · Africa
Hassan II Mosque
1986 CE – still standingPolity · Africa
British Somaliland
1884 CE – 1960 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1945 CE and 2026 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits4 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Flag of MauritaniaOwn work, based on this governmental website: http://www.kennach.gov.mr/drapeau. See also… · Public domain
- Great Mosque of Toubazivax · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of Portugal (official)Original: Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro Vector: Vítor Luís Rodrigues, António Martins-Tuválk… · Public domain
- Flag of British Somaliland (1903–1950)Sodacan · CC BY-SA 4.0