Rushton2010 based on Hel-hama · CC BY-SA 3.0

Polity Europe

Mercia

527 CE – 918 CE · 391 years

Early English kingdom (527–918)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Mercia'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 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 800 CE to 900 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

800 CE 2 snapshots 900 CE

800 CE 900 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

Timgad

100 CE – 700 CE

Polity · Europe

Sweden

Founded 900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Byzantine–Arab Wars

629 CE – 1180 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Europe

Roman Forum

500 BCE – 608 CE

Polity · Europe

Denmark

Founded 800 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Viking Invasions

793 CE – 1066 CE

Trade route · Europe

Varangian Trade Route

800 CE – 1100 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 527 CE and 918 CE.

533 CE Vandalic War 535 CE Gothic War (Italian Reconquest) 537 CE Hagia Sophia 572 CE Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591 597 CE Canterbury Cathedral 600 CE Sutton Hoo

And in the rest of the world

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

Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Simhala Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 700 CE Chinese Grand Canal Trade route · East Asia 600 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Mesa Verde Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing

Image credits 7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Mercia Rushton2010 based on Hel-hama · CC BY-SA 3.0
Timgad Dan Sloan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Flag of Sweden Jon Harald Søby and others. · Public domain
Arab–Byzantine wars Codex Skylitzes Matritensis, Bibliteca Nacional de Madrid, Vitr. 26-2, Bild-Nr. 77, f 34 … · Public domain
Roman Forum This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention … · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of Denmark Madden and others · Public domain
Viking expansion Abbey of Saint-Aubin · Public domain