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Polity Middle East

Mesopotamia (GB)

Attested 1920 CE – 1938 CE

1982 EP by the B-52's

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How these dates were made

Why this bar's edges are floors, not a founding and a fall.

The atlas draws the world at 3 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Mesopotamia (GB) appears to the last, so both edges are floors — the earliest and latest years it is attested, not a founding and a dissolution.

1920 CE 3 snapshots 1938 CE
1920 CE1930 CE1938 CE

Elsewhere in Middle East 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 · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Khiva Khanate

1511 CE – 1920 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Great Syrian Revolt

1925 CE – 1927 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Jordan

Founded 1938 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Arab Revolt in Palestine

1936 CE – 1939 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Israel

Founded 1938 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1920 CE and 1938 CE.

1920 CE Iraqi Revolt of 1920 1920 CE Franco-Syrian War 1925 CE Great Syrian Revolt 1936 CE Arab Revolt in Palestine 1920 CE Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine 1921 CE Rif 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 Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE Chaco War Conflict · Americas 1932 CE – 1935 CE Derinkuyu Underground City Landmark · Europe 800 BCE – 1923 CE
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