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World History Timeline

The events, people and turning points that shaped the modern world — in the order they happened, with the causes and consequences attached to each one.

Periods planned: 8
Events planned: 60

3000 BCEPresent

8 periods planned, oldest to newest

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8 periods · 60 events planned

Ancient and classical civilisations3000 BCE – 500 CE
The early river-valley states, through Greece and Rome.
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The medieval world500 – 1450
Feudal Europe, the Islamic caliphates, and the classical empires of Asia.
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Renaissance and the age of exploration1450 – 1750
Humanism and the printing press, and the first European empires overseas.
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The age of revolutions1750 – 1848
The Industrial Revolution, and the American and French Revolutions.
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Imperialism and nationalism1848 – 1914
The scramble for empire, unification movements, and the alliances behind a coming war.
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The world wars1914 – 1945
Two global wars, and the fascism and communism that shaped them.
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The Cold War and decolonisation1945 – 1991
A bipolar world, the end of empire, and the doctrines that divided it.
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The world since 19911991 – present
Globalisation, a unipolar moment, and the order still being redrawn.
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