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Map of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
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Polity Africa

Sultanate of Utetera

1860 CE – 1900 CE · 40 years

19th-century African state

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Sultanate of Utetera'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 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1880 CE to 1900 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1880 CE 2 snapshots 1900 CE
1880 CE1900 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

Christ Church, Zanzibar

1879 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

El Hadj Umar Tall's Jihad

1852 CE – 1864 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Fiji

Founded 1880 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Anglo-Zulu War

1879 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Mozambique

Founded 1880 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1860 CE and 1900 CE.

1879 CE Anglo-Zulu War 1879 CE Christ Church, Zanzibar 1879 CE Battle of Isandlwana 1879 CE Battle of Rorke's Drift 1880 CE First Boer War 1883 CE Mandinka Wars (Samori Ture's Resistance)

And in the rest of the world

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

Orongo Landmark · Americas 1400 CE – 1866 CE Greenland Polity · Americas 1880 CE – 2026 CE Tea Clipper Route Trade route · Europe 1850 CE – 1880 CE Argentine Civil Wars Conflict · Americas 1814 CE – 1880 CE Robert E. Lee Figure · United States 1807 CE – 1870 CE Port Arthur Historic Site Landmark · Oceania 1830 CE – 1877 CE
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