Every era,
told once.
Source-of-truth pages for the five eras. Each one is the place where the story gets told properly — without course-specific framing. Course pages link in here for the angle they need.
Why these pages exist
The five eras are the source of truth. Each one is the place where the story gets told properly — without course-specific framing. APWH, APUSH, and MWH all link in here for the angle they need, so the Industrial Revolution gets explained once instead of three times.
Five eras
The history of the world, in five pages.
- 500 BCE
The Classical World
Persia, Greece, Rome, Han China, Maurya — empires and the religions that outlasted them. - 500 CE
The Medieval World
Tang/Song China, Dar al-Islam, Byzantium, the Mongols — not the dark ages. - 1450
The Early Modern World
The Atlantic becomes a system. Columbian Exchange, gunpowder empires, the slave trade. - 1750
The World of Empires
Industrial Revolution, Atlantic revolutions, new imperialism, the long 19th century. - 1900
The Modern World
Two world wars, decolonization, the Cold War, globalization, the era we’re in.
