World History Timeline
Trace humanity's journey from the first Homo sapiens through the rise and fall of civilizations. Each timeline covers a distinct period with key events and connections to lessons.
Dawn of Humanity
A timeline of early human evolution from 300,000 to 50,000 BCE — the emergence of Homo sapiens, mastery of fire, and the first stirrings of symbolic thought.
The Great Migration
A timeline of human dispersal from 70,000 to 10,000 BCE — how Homo sapiens spread across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas.
The Neolithic Revolution
A timeline of the agricultural revolution from 10,000 to 5,000 BCE — how farming, settlement, and social complexity transformed human life.
The First Civilizations
A timeline from 5,000 to 3,000 BCE — the rise of the first cities, writing, and complex societies in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
The Early Bronze Age
A timeline from 3,000 to 2,000 BCE — the age of pyramids, the first empires, and the flourishing of river valley civilizations.
The Late Bronze Age
A timeline from 2,000 to 1,200 BCE — the age of empires, international trade, and the world's first globalized economy.
Bronze Age to Iron Age
A timeline from 1,200 to 600 BCE — the aftermath of collapse, the rise of iron, and the emergence of new civilizations and empires.
Complete Phase 1 Timeline
A master timeline of world history from 300,000 to 600 BCE — human evolution, the Neolithic Revolution, river valley civilizations, and the Bronze Age.
Classical Greece
A timeline of ancient Greek civilization from the rise of the city-states to the conquests of Alexander the Great — democracy, philosophy, and the birth of Western thought.
The Hellenistic Age
A timeline of the Hellenistic world from Alexander's death to Rome's conquest — successor kingdoms, cosmopolitan culture, and scientific breakthroughs.
The Roman Republic
A timeline of the Roman Republic from its founding to its fall — the Punic Wars, expansion across the Mediterranean, and the civil wars that ended republican government.
The Roman Empire
A timeline of the Roman Empire from Augustus to the fall of the West — the Pax Romana, the rise of Christianity, and the empire's division and decline.
Classical India
A timeline of classical Indian civilization from the Maurya Empire to the Gupta Golden Age — Ashoka's transformation, the birth of Buddhism, and India's intellectual flowering.
Classical China
A timeline of classical Chinese civilization from Confucius through the Han Dynasty — philosophy, unification, the Silk Road, and the foundations of Chinese governance.
World Religions Emerge
A timeline of the birth and spread of the world's major religions — Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism.
The Classical World — Complete Timeline
The complete Phase 2 timeline covering the classical world from 600 BCE to 500 CE — Greece, Rome, India, China, and the birth of world religions.
The Rise of Islam
A timeline of Islam's emergence and rapid expansion from 570 to 750 CE — from the birth of Muhammad to the Umayyad Caliphate's peak.
The Islamic Golden Age
A timeline of intellectual and cultural achievement across the Islamic world from 750 to 1258 CE — from Baghdad's House of Wisdom to its destruction.
The Byzantine Empire
A timeline of the Eastern Roman Empire from 476 to 1100 CE — the survival of Rome in the East through Justinian's ambitions, Arab sieges, and the Great Schism.
Medieval Western Europe
A timeline of Western Europe from 800 to 1450 CE — from Charlemagne's coronation through feudalism, the Crusades, the Black Death, and the dawn of the Renaissance.
The Mongol Era
A timeline of the Mongol Empire from 1162 to 1368 CE — from Temüjin's birth to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the end of Mongol rule in China.
Tang & Song Dynasty China
A timeline of China's golden ages from 618 to 1279 CE — Tang cosmopolitanism, Song innovation, and the technologies that changed the world.
Medieval Africa & the Americas
A timeline of major developments in Africa and the Americas from 300 to 1450 CE — from Aksum's peak to the rise of Mali, Great Zimbabwe, the Aztecs, and the Inca.
Complete Phase 3 — Post-Classical & Medieval World
A master timeline of the post-classical and medieval period from 500 to 1450 CE — Islam, Byzantium, feudal Europe, the Mongols, Song China, Africa, and the Americas.