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Polity East Asia

Ming Empire

1368 CE – 1644 CE · 276 years

Imperial dynasty of China (1368–1644)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Ming Empire'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 one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1492 CE to 1492 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1492 CE

Elsewhere in East Asia 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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Polity · East Asia

Great Khanate

1271 CE – 1400 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

400 CE – 1400 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Ming Chinese Empire

Attested 1500 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Forbidden City

1406 CE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1368 CE and 1644 CE.

1397 CE Kinkaku-ji 1400 CE Malacca 1406 CE Forbidden City 1412 CE Wudang Mountains Temples 1420 CE Temple of Heaven 1467 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

And in the rest of the world

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

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries Conflict · Americas 1200 CE – 1600 CE Ibn Battuta Figure · Morocco / Global 1304 CE – 1368 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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