The History of the World in Short Chapters

From the origins of the universe and prehistoric times to great civilizations, revolutions, science, and Artificial Intelligence.

第一批海洋

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Under construction

-1000000000

Creation of life

-700000000

Earth's Adulthood

-530000000

Fish

530 million years ago

-310000000

From Amphibians to Reptiles

310 million years ago

-290000000

Mammaliaformes

290 million years ago

-252000000

Dinosaurs

230 million years ago

-125000000

The Age of Mammals

125 million years ago

-60000000

The Origins of Primates

60 million years ago

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Apes

33 million years ago

-7000000

Common ancestors

70 million years ago

-5000000

From Forests to Savannas

5 million years ago

-4000000

Australopithecus

4 million years ago

-3000000

Standing up

3 million years ago

-2500000

Homo

2,5 millions years ago

-2400000

Homo Habilis

-1600000

Homo erectus

-400000

Fire

800.000 years ago

-200000

Homo Sapiens

200.000 years ago

-150000

Homo Sapiens Neanderthals

150.000 years ago

-130000

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

130.000 years ago

-90000

Talking

500.000 years ago

-70000

The Great Cognitive Leap

70 thousands years ago

-40000

Art

-15000

The conquest of Earth

50.000 years ago

-12000

Animism

Humanity’s First Religion

-10000

The Αgricultural revolution

9000 years ago

-9500

From flax to Wheel and Boat

-9000

The Road to Patriarchy

-8500

Enslavement of animals

-8000

From Cannibalism to Slavery

-7000

Public service

-6500

The first towns

-5000

Mesopotamia

-3500

Money

-3300

Writing

-3200

Ancient Egypt

-3000

Minoan Crete

-2600

Indus Valley Civilisation

-2370

Akkadian Empire

-2070

China Xia dynasty

-1790

Babylon

-1680

Mycenaean civilization

-1600

Shang and Zhou Dynasties

-1570

Egypt New Kingdom

-1550

Vedic period

-1500

Chavin Olmec

-1460

Assyria

-1450

Asia Minor

-1300

Phoenicians

-1194

Achaeans

-1100

Greek Colonisation

-1040

Jews

-1000

Hellenes Greeks

-850

Greek Dark Ages

-800

Sparta

-750