Senegal
polity · 1530 AD–present
Senegal, a polity recorded 1530 AD–present: 6 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
Names
| Name | In use | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1530 AD–1879 AD | — |
| Senegal (FR) | 1880 AD–1899 AD | — |
| Senegal | 1900 AD–present | — |
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1530 AD–1649 AD | administrative control | low confidence | observed at 1530 AD | — |
| 1650 AD–1879 AD | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1650 AD | — |
| 1880 AD–1899 AD | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1880 AD | Subject to France. |
| 1900 AD–1913 AD | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1900 AD | — |
| 1945 AD–1959 AD | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1945 AD | Subject to France. Religion: sunni. |
| 1960 AD–present | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1960 AD | Religion: 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.
Sources
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Historical Basemaps (Andrei Ourednik)
- The Global Religious Landscape, (2012)
- Ninian Smart (ed.), Atlas of the World's Religions, (1999)