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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 16 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Oman appears to the last, so both edges are floors — the earliest and latest years it is attested, not a founding and a dissolution.
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.
Landmark · Middle East
Darvaza Gas Crater
1971 CE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_Iran_(official).svg.png)
Polity · Middle East
Iran
Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Conflict · Middle East
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
1998 CE – 2000 CETrade route · Middle East
Suez–East Asia Shipping Lane
1869 CELandmark · Middle East
Hormuz
1100 CE – 1600 CEPolity · Middle East
Persia
Attested 400 CE – 1914 CEConflict · Middle East
2026 Iran War
2026 CE.jpg/500px-Isfahan_Royal_Mosque_general_(retouched).jpg)
Landmark · Middle East
Shah Mosque
1611 CE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1530 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 credits5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Flag of OmanOwn work. Vectorized from qanoon.om · OGL-om 1.0
- Darvaza gas craterTormod Sandtorv · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of Iran (official)SVG file: SiBr 4 Designer: Hamid Nadimi Construction: ISIRI · Public domain
- Eritrean–Ethiopian WarSkilla1st · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shah Mosque (Isfahan)Patrickringgenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
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