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Safavid Empire

1501 CE – 1736 CE · 235 years

Iran under the Safavid dynasty from 1501 to 1736

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Safavid Empire'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 — 1530 CE to 1715 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1530 CE 5 snapshots 1715 CE
1530 CE1600 CE1650 CE1700 CE1715 CE

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.

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1611 CE – still standing

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Nader Shah's Campaigns

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Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

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Khiva Khanate

1511 CE – 1920 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1501 CE and 1736 CE.

1501 CE Safavid Empire Conquests 1538 CE Ottoman-Portuguese Wars 1611 CE Shah Mosque 1736 CE Nader Shah's Campaigns 1501 CE Jerónimos Monastery 1503 CE Seville

And in the rest of the world

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

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Christopher Columbus Figure · Spain / Atlantic / Caribbean 1451 CE – 1506 CE Hampi Landmark · South Asia 1336 CE – 1565 CE
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