Explore world history
88 empires, 52 battles and 96 key years — each with its own page and a link to the 3D globe.
Empires (88)
- Kingdom of Elam2700 BC
- Ancient Egypt2500 BC
- Indus Valley Civilization2500 BC
- Minoan Civilization2500 BC
- Kingdom of Kush / Nubia2500 BC
- Akkadian / Babylonian Empire2334 BC
- Hittite Kingdom1650 BC
- Shang Dynasty1600 BC
- Mycenaean Civilization1600 BC
- Olmec Civilization1500 BC
- Middle Assyrian Empire1365 BC
- Phoenician City-States1200 BC
- Egypt (Third Intermediate and Late Period)1069 BC
- Zhou Dynasty1046 BC
- Kingdoms of Israel and Judah1030 BC
- Neo-Assyrian Empire911 BC
- Chavín Culture900 BC
- Kingdom of Urartu860 BC
- Carthage814 BC
- Celtic World800 BC
- Median Empire678 BC
- Neo-Babylonian Empire626 BC
- Achaemenid Empire550 BC
- Roman Empire509 BC
- Macedonian Empire336 BC
- Maurya / Gupta Empire322 BC
- Seleucid Empire312 BC
- Ptolemaic Kingdom305 BC
- Parthian-Sasanian Empire247 BC
- Xiongnu Empire209 BC
- Han Dynasty206 BC
- Kushan Empire30 AD
- Kingdom of Aksum100 AD
- Western Roman Empire395 AD
- Eastern Roman Empire395 AD
- Byzantine Empire477 AD
- Tang / Song / Yuan Dynasties618 AD
- Abbasid / Umayyad Caliphate661 AD
- Bulgarian Empire681 AD
- Carolingian Empire751 AD
- Khmer Empire802 AD
- Kievan Rus'882 AD
- Holy Roman Empire962 AD
- Mongol Empire1206 AD
- Delhi Sultanate1206 AD
- Mali Empire1235 AD
- Timurid Empire1370 AD
- Portuguese Monarchy1415 AD
- Aztec Empire1428 AD
- Inca Empire1438 AD
- Aztec Empire1451 AD
- Inca Empire1451 AD
- Ottoman Empire1451 AD
- Ming / Qing Dynasties1451 AD
- Songhai Empire1464 AD
- Spanish Monarchy1492 AD
- Safavid Empire1501 AD
- Mughal Empire1526 AD
- Kingdom of France1534 AD
- Tsardom of Russia1547 AD
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth1569 AD
- Dutch Republic (VOC)1602 AD
- British Empire (early)1607 AD
- Swedish Empire1611 AD
- British Empire1751 AD
- Russian Empire1751 AD
- Qing Empire1751 AD
- Ottoman Empire (decline)1751 AD
- United States1776 AD
- Dutch Colonial Empire1816 AD
- French Colonial Empire1830 AD
- Austro-Hungarian Empire1867 AD
- Empire of Japan (Meiji)1868 AD
- German Empire1871 AD
- Kingdom of Italy1882 AD
- Belgian Colonial Empire1885 AD
- British Empire (peak)1914 AD
- Ottoman Empire (end)1914 AD
- Empire of Japan1914 AD
- United States1914 AD
- Federative Republic of Brazil1914 AD
- Soviet Union1922 AD
- Canada, Australia, New Zealand1931 AD
- Third Reich1933 AD
- Republic of India1947 AD
- People's Republic of China1949 AD
- Russian Federation1991 AD
- European Union1993 AD
Battles (52)
- Battle of Megiddo1457 BC
- Battle of Kadesh1274 BC
- Battle of Marathon490 BC
- Battle of Thermopylae480 BC
- Battle of Salamis480 BC
- Battle of Gaugamela331 BC
- Battle of Cannae216 BC
- Battle of Zama202 BC
- Battle of Alesia52 BC
- Battle of Actium31 BC
- Battle of the Teutoburg Forest9 AD
- Battle of Red Cliffs208 AD
- Battle of Adrianople378 AD
- Battle of the Catalaunian Plains451 AD
- Battle of the Yarmuk636 AD
- Battle of Tours732 AD
- Battle of Talas751 AD
- Battle of Hastings1066 AD
- Battle of Manzikert1071 AD
- Battle of Legnano1176 AD
- Battle of Hattin1187 AD
- Battle of Bouvines1214 AD
- Battle of Ain Jalut1260 AD
- Battle of Crécy1346 AD
- Battle of Agincourt1415 AD
- Siege of Orléans1429 AD
- Fall of Constantinople1453 AD
- Fall of Tenochtitlan1521 AD
- Battle of Cajamarca1532 AD
- Battle of Lepanto1571 AD
- Defeat of the Spanish Armada1588 AD
- Battle of Sekigahara1600 AD
- Battle of Vienna1683 AD
- Battle of Poltava1709 AD
- Battle of Plassey1757 AD
- Battles of Saratoga1777 AD
- Siege of Yorktown1781 AD
- Battle of Trafalgar1805 AD
- Battle of Austerlitz1805 AD
- Battle of Waterloo1815 AD
- Battle of Gettysburg1863 AD
- Battle of Sedan1870 AD
- Battle of Tsushima1905 AD
- First Battle of the Marne1914 AD
- Battle of Verdun1916 AD
- Battle of the Somme1916 AD
- Battle of Britain1940 AD
- Battle of Midway1942 AD
- Battle of Stalingrad1942 AD
- Normandy landings1944 AD
- Battle of Berlin1945 AD
- Battle of Dien Bien Phu1954 AD
Years (96)
- 2334 BC
- 1792 BC
- 1600 BC
- 1457 BC
- 1274 BC
- 1200 BC
- 776 BC
- 753 BC
- 551 BC
- 509 BC
- 490 BC
- 480 BC
- 336 BC
- 331 BC
- 269 BC
- 221 BC
- 218 BC
- 216 BC
- 202 BC
- 52 BC
- 44 BC
- 31 BC
- 27 BC
- 9 AD
- 208 AD
- 378 AD
- 395 AD
- 451 AD
- 476 AD
- 622 AD
- 636 AD
- 732 AD
- 751 AD
- 800 AD
- 1054 AD
- 1066 AD
- 1071 AD
- 1096 AD
- 1176 AD
- 1187 AD
- 1206 AD
- 1214 AD
- 1215 AD
- 1260 AD
- 1346 AD
- 1347 AD
- 1415 AD
- 1429 AD
- 1453 AD
- 1492 AD
- 1521 AD
- 1532 AD
- 1571 AD
- 1588 AD
- 1600 AD
- 1683 AD
- 1709 AD
- 1757 AD
- 1777 AD
- 1781 AD
- 1789 AD
- 1805 AD
- 1815 AD
- 1863 AD
- 1870 AD
- 1886 AD
- 1900 AD
- 1905 AD
- 1914 AD
- 1916 AD
- 1919 AD
- 1925 AD
- 1930 AD
- 1935 AD
- 1939 AD
- 1940 AD
- 1942 AD
- 1944 AD
- 1945 AD
- 1950 AD
- 1954 AD
- 1955 AD
- 1960 AD
- 1965 AD
- 1969 AD
- 1970 AD
- 1975 AD
- 1980 AD
- 1985 AD
- 1990 AD
- 1991 AD
- 1993 AD
- 2000 AD
- 2008 AD
- 2015 AD
- 2019 AD