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World History: The Big Stories

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Five thousand years on one line: the first writing, the pyramids, the Qin who named China, democracy in Athens, Rome's rise and fall in the West, Han China, the Hijrah, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan and the Black Death, Tenochtitlan, Gutenberg, Columbus, the American, French and Industrial revolutions, two world wars, the UN, the Moon landing and the fall of the Berlin Wall. You drag each event onto a timeline and find where it happened on the globe.

3h 13m5 constellations
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Place 30 turning points of world history in time

02Find where each happened on the globe

03Put Rome, Han China and the Islamic world side by side

04Explain the American, French and Industrial revolutions

05Build your own timeline

Every lesson of World History: The Big Stories

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1The First CivilizationsFree · 3 lessons
  1. The First WritingPlace the invention of writing in time and on the map.13 min
  2. The Pyramids of GizaDate the pyramids of Giza and know who they were built for.13 min
  3. China United: the QinExplain what the short Qin dynasty built that lasted two thousand years.13 min
Level 2Greece, Rome and the HanMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Democracy in AthensDate Athenian democracy and name its founder.13 min
  2. Rome: Kings, Republic, EmpirePut Rome's three ages and its fall in the West in order.14 min
  3. The Han DynastyPlace the Han dynasty next to Rome and know how it began and ended.13 min
Level 3Faith and EmpiresMembership · 3 lessons
  1. 622: The HijrahExplain why 622 is year one of the Islamic calendar.12 min
  2. Charlemagne, Emperor in 800Place Charlemagne's empire three centuries after Rome fell in the West.12 min
  3. Mongols and the Black DeathPlace Genghis Khan's empire and the Black Death in the same few centuries.14 min
Level 4Print, Voyages and the AmericasMembership · 3 lessons
  1. TenochtitlanPlace the Aztec capital in time and find where it stood.12 min
  2. Gutenberg's Movable TypePlace printing with movable type in Europe and know where it began.14 min
  3. 1492Place Columbus's voyages and what they opened.12 min
Level 5Revolutions to the MoonMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Three RevolutionsPlace the American, French and Industrial revolutions.12 min
  2. The World Wars and the UNPlace both world wars and the founding of the United Nations.12 min
  3. From the Moon to the WallPlace 1969 and 1989, then the whole path's timeline.14 min
FREE

Level 1 is open.

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AFTER THE CORE

Keep going where this path leads.

Think Like a HistorianHow we know any of this · 2h 54m
Countries of the WorldToday's map · 3h 05m