Revolutions and the first factories
1750 to 1850, about 100 years
Political revolutions, and machines and factories that change how people work.
The twelve eras, each step to the right ten times closer to today.
Meanwhile, around the world
The 1 place on this site that we know from this era. Today’s coastlines.
Region by region
Africa
- Decree of 196 BC; found nearby in July 1799Rashid (Rosetta)
The Americas
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Asia
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Europe
- 27 September 1822Champollion announces he can read hieroglyphs
The Middle East
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Oceania
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
On the school courses
- Secondary: Key Stage 3 (ages 11 to 14) Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745 to 1901