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Medieval

458 places on Detourmap founded the thousand years from 500 to 1500, in 61 countries. The best known is Cairo. Dates come from Wikidata, and only 5,549 of the 39,832 places here have one.

In this era
458
Countries
61
Oldest
iron pillar of Delhi 500
Of all dated
8%

Medieval, by country

Other eras

Prehistoric164 The ancient world388 Early modern293 The industrial age1,127

Questions about this page

What is the best known medieval place here?

Cairo in Egypt. Capital city of Egypt.

Is this every place from that era?

No, and it is worth being plain about it: this is every place on this atlas that Wikidata gives a founding date inside the band. 5,549 of the 39,832 places here carry a date at all, so the list is a slice of a slice. It is not a survey of the period.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.