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Western Sahara (orthographic projection)
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Polity Africa

Western Sahara

Attested 1945 CE – 2026 CE

Disputed territory in north-western Africa

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How these dates were made

Why this bar's edges are floors, not a founding and a fall.

The atlas draws the world at 6 moments in time, not continuously. This bar runs from the first snapshot in which Western Sahara appears to the last, so both edges are floors — the earliest and latest years it is attested, not a founding and a dissolution.

1945 CE 6 snapshots 2026 CE
1945 CE1960 CE1994 CE2000 CE2010 CE2026 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

Portuguese Guinea

1474 CE – 1974 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Basilica of Our Lady of Peace

1985 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Portuguese East Africa

1498 CE – 1975 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Landmark · Africa

Hassan II Mosque

1986 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

British Somaliland

1884 CE – 1960 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1945 CE and 2026 CE.

1947 CE Malagasy Uprising 1952 CE Mau Mau Uprising 1955 CE First Sudanese Civil War 1960 CE Congo Crisis 1961 CE Portuguese Colonial Wars 1961 CE Angolan War of Independence

And in the rest of the world

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

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Henry Ford Figure · United States 1863 CE – 1947 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá Landmark · Americas 1954 CE – still standing
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