This page groups historical figures by how solidly their existence is documented, from people confirmed by independent contemporary sources to ones known only from later religious writing. Wikipedia defines historicity as "the historical actuality of persons and events, meaning the quality of being part of history instead of being a historical myth, legend, or fiction." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a firmly historical founder apart from a figure whose existence scholars still debate.
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This source names Africa directly: "khagans and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Americas directly: "and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Asia directly: "founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Mesopotamians directly: "Rulers, emperors and monarchs held political sovereignty, whatever their religious significance beyond it: the Roman emperors under whom Christianity moved from persecuted sect to state church, the..."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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