World History Timeline

Trace events across six continents and five thousand years. Filter by era, region, or theme and the chronology rebuilds around what you asked for.

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Historical Threads

Eight long arguments that run across centuries. Each one gathers its events into a sequence and states what the sequence shows.

Eras and Regions

What each label means, where it came from, and why applying a European periodisation to the whole world is a choice rather than a fact.

EThe six eras used here

RCoverage by region

My Chronology

Add your own events and they merge into the timeline alongside the curated ones. Everything stays in your browser.

Use a negative year for BC. For example enter -1279 for 1279 BC.

Using Chronology

Seven things to know before an essay leans on a date, a period label, or a sequence.

The rule underneath all seven. A chronology is an argument about what belongs together and what follows from what, not a neutral list. Every timeline including this one selects, and the selection is where the interpretation lives. Say what yours leaves out.