Histrica

Timeline

The complete history of everything.

Zoom from the formation of the Earth to the modern world. Adjust the scale to move through geological, biological and human timeframes.

Civilization (thousands of years)
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  1. 10,000 BCE

    Neolithic Revolution

    Agriculture begins in the Fertile Crescent.

  2. 7,500 BCE

    Çatalhöyük

    One of the world's earliest cities in Anatolia.

  3. 3,300 BCE

    Indus Valley cities

    Harappa and Mohenjo-daro emerge.

  4. 3,200 BCE

    Cuneiform writing

    Sumerians invent writing in Mesopotamia.

  5. 3,100 BCE

    Unification of Egypt

    Narmer unites Upper and Lower Egypt.

  6. 2,600 BCE

    Pyramids of Giza

    Khufu builds the Great Pyramid.

  7. 1,750 BCE

    Hammurabi's Code

    One of the earliest legal codes.

  8. 1,200 BCE

    Bronze Age collapse

    Sea Peoples and system collapse across the Mediterranean.

  9. 800 BCE

    Homeric Greece

    Iliad and Odyssey composed.

  10. 551 BCE

    Confucius

    Birth of Kong Qiu in Lu.

  11. 509 BCE

    Roman Republic

    Tarquin the Proud expelled; Republic founded.

  12. 508 BCE

    Athenian democracy

    Cleisthenes' reforms.

  13. 221 BCE

    China unified

    Qin Shi Huang founds the first empire.

  14. 27 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Augustus becomes princeps.

  15. 313 CE

    Edict of Milan

    Christianity legalized in the Roman Empire.

  16. 476

    Fall of Western Rome

    Deposition of Romulus Augustulus.

  17. 622

    Hijra

    Muhammad's migration to Medina; Islamic calendar begins.

  18. 800

    Charlemagne crowned

    Coronation as Emperor of the Romans.

  19. 1066

    Norman Conquest

    William defeats Harold at Hastings.

  20. 1215

    Magna Carta

    English barons limit royal power.

  21. 1300

    Renaissance begins

    Italian city-states rediscover classical learning.

  22. 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Ottomans end the Byzantine Empire.

  23. 1492

    Columbus reaches the Americas

    Beginning of the Columbian Exchange.

  24. 1509

    Reformation

    Luther nails the 95 Theses (1517).

  25. 1526

    Mughal Empire

    Babur wins Panipat.

  26. 1600s

    Scientific Revolution

    Galileo, Kepler, Newton.

  27. 1789

    French Revolution

    Storming of the Bastille.

  28. 1800

    Industrial Revolution

    Steam power transforms Britain.

  29. 1914

    World War I

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand triggers global war.

  30. 1939

    World War II

    Germany invades Poland.

  31. 1969

    Moon landing

    Apollo 11 astronauts walk on the Moon.

  32. 1991

    End of the Cold War

    Dissolution of the Soviet Union.