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Afghanistan

polity · 1783 AD–present

Afghanistan, a polity recorded 1783 AD–present: 7 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1783 AD–1799 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1783 ADReligion: sunni.
1800 AD–1814 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1800 ADReligion: sunni.
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 ADReligion: sunni.
1880 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1880 ADReligion: sunni.
1938 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADReligion: sunni.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADReligion: sunni.
1960 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1960 ADReligion: sunni.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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