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Polity Africa

Southern Rhodesia

1923 CE – 1980 CE · 57 years

British colony in Africa (1923–1980)

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Southern Rhodesia'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 one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1938 CE to 1938 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1938 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

Great Mosque of Touba

1963 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Western Sahara

Attested 1945 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Niger

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Chad

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1923 CE and 1980 CE.

1934 CE Italo-Abyssinian Border War (Walwal Incident) 1935 CE Second Italo-Ethiopian War 1947 CE Malagasy Uprising 1952 CE Mau Mau Uprising 1955 CE First Sudanese Civil War 1960 CE Congo Crisis

And in the rest of the world

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

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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