336 BCE–321 BCE
Alexander’s Empire
The conquest of the Persian Empire and the campaigns beyond it
10 chapters2 perspectives
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History from every angle.
Curated map stories showing what was happening across connected societies, told through the records and perspectives each one left behind.
Stories
237 BCE–202 BCE
The Long Way to Rome
Hannibal and the war that remade the Mediterranean
9 chapters3 perspectives
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139–126 BCE
Zhang Qian’s Mission West
A Han envoy returns with the court’s first detailed reports of Central Asia
In preparation
58 BCE–44 BCE
The Last Generation
Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic, 58–44 BCE
16 chapters3 perspectives
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44 BCE–27 BCE
The Inheritance of Power
From Caesar’s death to Augustus, 44–27 BCE
7 chapters3 perspectives
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376 CE–476 CE
The Last Legions
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, 376–476 CE
9 chapters3 perspectives
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711 CE–756 CE
The Opening
The conquest of al-Andalus and the first kingdoms of the north, 711–756 CE
9 chapters3 perspectives
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768 CE–814 CE
The Frankish Crown
Charlemagne and the making of medieval Europe, 768–814 CE
9 chapters3 perspectives
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1095 CE–1099 CE
The Road to Jerusalem
The First Crusade and the siege of the Holy City, 1095–1099 CE
9 chapters3 perspectives
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1206 CE–1260 CE
The Mongol Conquests
The rise of the Mongol Empire and its division into rival realms
9 chapters3 perspectives
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1370 CE–1405 CE
The Sword of Samarkand
Timur's conquests and claims to Mongol imperial authority, 1370–1405 CE
9 chapters3 perspectives
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