Subjects

6 subjects and 17 lessons so far, set out by era and by region. A subject can span more than one square. The empty squares are the history still to write.

All 24 collections
Subjects by era (rows) and region (columns)
Whole worldAfricaThe AmericasAsiaEuropeThe Middle EastOceania
Our species and the Old Stone AgeAbout 300,000 to 12,000 years agoA theme across timeThe long human storyNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetA theme across timeStone Age to Iron Age BritainNothing yetNothing yet
Farming and the New Stone AgeAbout 10,000 BC to 3500 BCA theme across timeThe long human storyNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetA theme across timeStone Age to Iron Age BritainNothing yetNothing yet
First cities and the Bronze AgeAbout 3500 BC to 1200 BCA theme across timeThe long human storyA civilisationAncient EgyptNothing yetA civilisationShang ChinaA theme across timeStone Age to Iron Age BritainNothing yetNothing yet
The Iron Age and growing statesAbout 1200 BC to 500 BCNothing yetA civilisationAncient EgyptNothing yetA civilisationShang ChinaA theme across timeStone Age to Iron Age BritainNothing yetNothing yet
The classical worldAbout 500 BC to AD 500Nothing yetA civilisationAncient EgyptNothing yetNothing yetA campaignRoman BritainNothing yetNothing yet
After the empiresAbout AD 500 to 1000Nothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetA civilisationAnglo-Saxon BritainNothing yetNothing yet
Medieval networks and empiresAbout 1000 to 1450Nothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yet
Oceans crossedAbout 1450 to 1750Nothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yet
Revolutions and the first factoriesAbout 1750 to 1850Nothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yet
Industry, empire and world warAbout 1850 to 1945Nothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yet
The world since 19451945 to nowNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yetNothing yet

Pictures: see each subject’s page for full credits. Each subject is laid out in its own way, to suit how we know about it. Our earliest ancestors, before our own species, are on its own era page.