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Southern British Isles 9th century
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Polity Europe

Wessex

519 CE – 927 CE · 408 years

Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Wessex'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 — 800 CE to 900 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

800 CE 2 snapshots 900 CE
800 CE900 CE

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.

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Landmark · Europe

Timgad

100 CE – 700 CE

Polity · Europe

Sweden

Founded 900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Byzantine–Arab Wars

629 CE – 1180 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Europe

Rila Monastery

927 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Denmark

Founded 800 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Viking Invasions

793 CE – 1066 CE

Trade route · Europe

Varangian Trade Route

800 CE – 1100 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 519 CE and 927 CE.

533 CE Vandalic War 535 CE Gothic War (Italian Reconquest) 537 CE Hagia Sophia 572 CE Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591 597 CE Canterbury Cathedral 600 CE Sutton Hoo

And in the rest of the world

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

Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Simhala Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 700 CE Chinese Grand Canal Trade route · East Asia 600 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Mesa Verde Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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