Polity Africa

Wadai Empire

1635 CE – 1909 CE · 274 years

Central African sultanate from 1501 to 1912

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Wadai 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 one moment in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1880 CE to 1880 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1880 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

Robben Island

1658 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Kanem–Bornu Wars

700 CE – 1846 CE

Trade route · Africa

Atlantic Middle Passage

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Landmark · Africa

Thimlich Ohinga

1400 BCE – 1900 CE

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Wars of the Kingdom of Kongo

1390 CE – 1709 CE

Landmark · Africa

Thulamela

1250 CE – 1700 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1635 CE and 1909 CE.

1684 CE Rozvi Empire Wars 1801 CE First Barbary War 1804 CE Fulani Jihad / Sokoto Caliphate 1815 CE Mfecane (The Crushing) 1816 CE Rise of the Zulu Kingdom (Mfecane) 1824 CE Anglo-Ashanti Wars

And in the rest of the world

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

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Landmark · Americas 3700 BCE – 1850 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Hanseatic League Trade route · Europe 1200 CE – 1669 CE Hawaiian Unification Wars Conflict · Americas 1782 CE – 1810 CE Galileo Galilei Figure · Italy 1564 CE – 1642 CE Butrint Landmark · Europe 800 BCE – 1800 CE

Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Wadai SultanateGabagool · CC BY 3.0
Robben IslandSouth African Tourism from South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Flag of AlgeriaOriginal: National Liberation Front of Algeria Vector: SKopp · Public domain
Thimlich OhingaWycondi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of AngolaOriginal: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain
ThulamelaMichael (Fihliwe) Denne · CC BY-SA 2.0