Mwenemutapa
1430 CE – 1760 CE · 330 years
Empire in Southern Africa from the 15th to late-19th centuries
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Mutapa Empire on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Mwenemutapa'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 4 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1492 CE to 1600 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
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
1500 CE – still standingPolity · Africa
Khoiasan
Attested 1500 BCE – 1500 CEConflict · Africa
Great Zimbabwe & Mutapa Wars
1100 CE – 1629 CETrade route · Africa
East African Coastal Trade
900 CE – 1505 CE.jpg/500px-Robben_Island_-_Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa_(3883849594).jpg)
Landmark · Africa
Robben Island
1658 CE – still standingPolity · Africa
Congo
Attested 1492 CE – 2026 CEConflict · Africa
Wars of the Mali Empire
1235 CE – 1599 CETrade route · Africa
Atlantic Middle Passage
1600 CE – 1850 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1430 CE and 1760 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits3 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- ZimbabweStatesAndTradeSweetCanadianMullet · CC BY 4.0
- AmbohimangaLemurbaby · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Robben IslandSouth African Tourism from South Africa · CC BY 2.0
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