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.
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.
