Rozwi
1650 CE – 1866 CE · 216 years
Empire (c. 1683–1866) in present-day Zimbabwe
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Rozvi Empire on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Rozwi'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 5 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1650 CE to 1800 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.
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Landmark · Africa
Robben Island
1658 CE – still standing
Polity · Africa
Angola
Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CEConflict · Africa
Kanem–Bornu Wars
700 CE – 1846 CETrade route · Africa
Atlantic Middle Passage
1600 CE – 1850 CE.jpg/500px-Baobabs_%40_Thulamela_Ruins_near_Pafuri_(1648014026).jpg)
Landmark · Africa
Thulamela
1250 CE – 1700 CE
Polity · Africa
Sierra Leone
Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CEConflict · Africa
Wars of the Kingdom of Kongo
1390 CE – 1709 CELandmark · Africa
St. George's Cathedral
1848 CE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1650 CE and 1866 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
- Rozvi EmpireYpirétis · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Robben IslandSouth African Tourism from South Africa · CC BY 2.0
- Flag of AngolaOriginal: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain
- ThulamelaMichael (Fihliwe) Denne · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of Sierra LeoneZscout370 · Public domain
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