
United Arab Emirates
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Country in West Asia
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United Arab Emirates on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: United Arab Emirates'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 6 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1945 CE to 2026 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
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.
Landmark · Middle East
Darvaza Gas Crater
1971 CE – still standingPolity · Middle East
Turkmenistan
Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CEConflict · Middle East
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
1998 CE – 2000 CELandmark · Middle East
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
2001 CE – still standingPolity · Middle East
Trucial Oman
1820 CE – 1971 CEConflict · Middle East
2026 Iran War
2026 CELandmark · Middle East
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
2007 CE – still standingPolity · Middle East
Muscat and Oman
1820 CE – 1970 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1945 CE and 2026 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Flag of the United Arab EmiratesAbdulla Mohammed Al Maainah · Public domain
- Darvaza gas craterTormod Sandtorv · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of TurkmenistanPublic domain
- Eritrean–Ethiopian WarSkilla1st · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of the Trucial States (1968–1971)Svyatoslav · Public domain
- Flag of MuscatPublic domain