▼Overview
History of the World
▼Ancient Civilizations
First Cities — Mesopotamia & Sumer
Ancient Egypt Flourishes
Indus Valley Civilization
Shang Dynasty — China's First Historical Dynasty
Phoenicians & the Alphabet
Golden Age of Athens & Greek Democracy
Persian Empire — Achaemenid Dynasty
Alexander the Great Conquers the Known World
Roman Republic & Empire
Qin Dynasty Unifies China
Han Dynasty — China's Golden Age
Birth and Spread of Buddhism
▼Middle Ages & Religion
Birth of Islam & Arab Conquests
Tang Dynasty — China at Its Zenith
Islamic Golden Age
Viking Age
Song Dynasty — Commercial Revolution
The Crusades
Genghis Khan & the Mongol Empire
Black Death
Mali Empire & Mansa Musa
Aztec & Inca Empires
▼Age of Exploration
Gutenberg's Printing Press
Fall of Constantinople — Ottoman Empire
Columbus Reaches the Americas
Vasco da Gama Reaches India
Magellan's Circumnavigation
Protestant Reformation
Atlantic Slave Trade
Mughal Empire — India's Golden Age
Scientific Revolution
Tokugawa Japan — The Edo Period
▼Revolutions & Empires
The Enlightenment
American Revolution
French Revolution & Napoleon
Industrial Revolution
Latin American Independence Wars
British Empire at Its Peak
Meiji Restoration — Japan Modernizes
Scramble for Africa
Abolition of Slavery
▼War & Ideology
World War I
Russian Revolution & Soviet Union
Great Depression
Rise of Totalitarianism — Stalin, Hitler, Mao
World War II
The Holocaust
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
Indian Independence & Partition
Chinese Communist Revolution
▼Cold War & Decolonization
Cold War — USA vs USSR
Korean War
African Decolonization
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Moon Landing
Iranian Revolution
Fall of the Berlin Wall & Soviet Collapse
End of Apartheid — Nelson Mandela
▼Modern World
World Wide Web Invented
9/11 & Global War on Terror
China's Rise — Economic Superpower
2008 Global Financial Crisis
Arab Spring
Paris Climate Agreement
COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Russia Invades Ukraine
AI Revolution