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Saxons
Founded 500 CE · attested to 700 CE
Medieval cultural group from what is now Northern Germany
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Saxons on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Saxons's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 3 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 500 CE to 700 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
Elsewhere in Europe 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 · Europe
Roman Forum
500 BCE – 608 CEPolity · Europe
Western Roman Empire
395 CE – 500 CEConflict · Europe
Byzantine–Arab Wars
629 CE – 1180 CELandmark · Europe
Ostia Antica
400 BCE – 500 CEPolity · Europe
Franks
Attested 400 CE – 500 CEConflict · Europe
Frankish Conquest of Gaul
486 CE – 507 CELandmark · Europe
Hagia Sophia
537 CE – still standingPolity · Europe
Neustria
511 CE – 977 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 500 CE and 700 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Saxony locator map (1000)Alphathon /ˈæɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Roman ForumThis Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention … · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mapa Imperio Occidental año 418Paulusburg · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arab–Byzantine warsCodex Skylitzes Matritensis, Bibliteca Nacional de Madrid, Vitr. 26-2, Bild-Nr. 77, f 34 … · Public domain
- Ostia AnticaJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0
- FranksHans Erren · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hagia SophiaAdli Wahid · CC BY-SA 3.0
- NeustriaKairom13 · CC BY-SA 4.0