49 pages

The world, chapter by chapter

49 snapshots of the whole world from 3000 BCE to today: the great powers, every region and the events of each period.

The world in 3000 BCE: The First Kings Early Bronze Age
The world in 2000 BCE: Cities of Bronze Middle Bronze Age
The world in 1500 BCE: Chariots and Empires Late Bronze Age
The world in 1000 BCE: Out of the Collapse Early Iron Age
The world in 700 BCE: The Assyrian Colossus Iron Age
The world in 500 BCE: The Persian Peace Axial Age
The world in 400 BCE: Age of Philosophers Classical Age
The world in 323 BCE: The Death of Alexander Hellenistic Age
The world in 300 BCE: Heirs of Alexander Hellenistic Age
The world in 200 BCE: Rome and Han Rise Hellenistic Age
The world in 100 BCE: The Silk Road Opens Late Hellenistic Age
The world in 1 BCE: The Augustan World Classical Antiquity
The world in 100: Trajan's Rome, Han China Classical Antiquity
The world in 200: Han China Crumbles Classical Antiquity
The world in 300: Rome of Four Emperors Late Antiquity
The world in 400: Rome Divided, Huns Advancing Late Antiquity
The world in 500: Kingdoms After Rome Early Middle Ages
The world in 600: Sui China Reunited Early Middle Ages
The world in 700: The Caliphate Expands Early Middle Ages
The world in 800: Charlemagne Crowned Early Middle Ages
The world in 900: Empires Breaking Apart Early Middle Ages
The world in 1000: The Millennium Turns High Middle Ages
The world in 1100: Crusaders in Jerusalem High Middle Ages
The world in 1200: On the Eve of Genghis High Middle Ages
The world in 1279: Mongols Conquer China High Middle Ages
The world in 1300: The Mongol Peace High Middle Ages
The world in 1400: Timur's Storm Late Middle Ages
The world in 1492: Worlds About to Collide Late Middle Ages / Age of Discovery
The world in 1500: Sea Roads Open Age of Discovery
The world in 1530: Conquerors and Reformers Early Modern Period
The world in 1600: Gunpowder Empires Early Modern Period
The world in 1650: Crisis and New Dynasties Early Modern Period
The world in 1700: Sun Kings and Sultans Early Modern Period
The world in 1715: Peace of Utrecht Early Modern Period
The world in 1783: A New Nation Is Born Age of Revolutions
The world in 1800: Age of Revolutions Age of Revolutions
The world in 1815: Waterloo and the Vienna Settlement Age of Revolutions
The world in 1880: Steam, Rail and Empire Age of Imperialism
The world in 1900: Dawn of a New Century Age of Imperialism
The world in 1914: The World Goes to War Age of Imperialism
The world in 1920: A Peace of Exhaustion Interwar Period
The world in 1930: The Great Depression Begins Interwar Period
The world in 1938: The Road to War Interwar Period
The world in 1945: Victory, Ruin and the Atom Second World War
The world in 1960: The Year of Africa Cold War and Decolonization
The world in 1994: After the Cold War Post-Cold War Era
The world in 2000: Into a New Millennium Age of Globalization
The world in 2008: The Great Crash Age of Globalization
The world in 2020: Pandemic and War Age of Globalization