Synchronological Chart of World History
An interactive, zoomable timeline of world history from 3600 BC to the present day. Every empire, dynasty, ruler and turning point in parallel streams, after Sebastian Adams’ 1878 chart, with its original engravings and guided stories.
Streams for East Asia, the Central Asian steppe, South and Southeast Asia, the Near East and Persia,
Europe and the Mediterranean, Egypt, North Africa, Nubia and the Horn, West Africa, Central, East and
Southern Africa, and the Americas run in parallel, so you can see what was happening everywhere at once.
Guided stories follow Western civilisation, the Roman Empire, the Islamic world, the dynasties of China,
India, the kingdoms of Africa, the Bible, Christianity, the Silk Road, and writing and ideas.
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