336 BCE–321 BCE
The World at 334 BCE
Alexander and the edges of the known world
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History from every angle.
Curated map stories showing what was happening simultaneously across civilizations — told from the epistemic frame of the people who lived it.
Stories
218 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
The Silk Road Opens
Zhang Qian rides west; Han China reaches the known world
In preparation
58 BCE–44 BCE
The Last Generation
Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic, 58–44 BCE
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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
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768 CE–814 CE
The Frankish Crown
Charlemagne and the making of medieval Europe, 768–814 CE
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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
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1206 CE–1260 CE
The World at 1206
How the steppe unmade the medieval world
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1370 CE–1405 CE
The Sword of Samarkand
Timur's conquests and the last Mongol world-empire, 1370–1405 CE
9 chapters3 perspectives
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