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Polity Africa

Rift Valley States

Attested 1783 CE – 1800 CE

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

The atlas draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Rift Valley States appears to the last, so both edges are floors — the earliest and latest years it is attested, not a founding and a dissolution.

1783 CE 2 snapshots 1800 CE
1783 CE1800 CE

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.

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Merina Unification of Madagascar

1787 CE – 1828 CE

Trade route · Africa

Atlantic Middle Passage

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Ghana

Attested 800 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Kanem–Bornu Wars

700 CE – 1846 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1783 CE and 1800 CE.

1785 CE Northwest Indian War 1788 CE Russo–Swedish War (1788–1790) 1788 CE Sydney 1791 CE Haitian Revolution 1792 CE French Revolutionary Wars 1793 CE War in the Vendée

And in the rest of the world

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

Genoa Landmark · Europe 1000 CE – 1797 CE United States Polity · Americas Founded 1784 CE · attested to 2026 CE Spanish Treasure Fleet Trade route · Europe 1566 CE – 1790 CE French Revolutionary Wars Conflict · Europe 1792 CE – 1802 CE Benjamin Franklin Figure · Boston / Philadelphia / Paris 1706 CE – 1790 CE Basilica Cathedral of Lima Landmark · Americas 1535 CE – 1797 CE
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