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Papal States

754 CE – 1870 CE · 1,116 years

Italian state from 756 to 1870

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Papal States'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 16 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 800 CE to 1815 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

800 CE 16 snapshots · 300 years unattested at the widest 1815 CE
800 CE1100 CE1200 CE1279 CE1300 CE1400 CE1492 CE1500 CE1530 CE1600 CE1650 CE1700 CE1715 CE1783 CE1800 CE1815 CE

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Conflict · Europe

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Trade route · Europe

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800 CE – 1100 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 754 CE and 1870 CE.

756 CE Córdoba 772 CE Charlemagne's Saxon Wars 784 CE Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba 793 CE Viking Invasions 800 CE Venice 829 CE Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

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 Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Charlemagne Figure · Frankish Empire 742 CE – 814 CE Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing
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