Timelines
Use these timelines to see the big picture. Each one covers a key period, showing the major events, civilizations and books of that era. You can also trace how ideas moved and overlapped across cultures. Pair them with the Maps to see not only when, but also where, the great books were written.
Please follow the links to our Timelines.
Birth of Writing – 3200 BCE to 1000 BCE
From Bronze Age Collapse to Homer – 1500 BCE to 700 BCE
The Axial Age – 800 BCE to 300 BCE
The Great Philosophical Age – 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Alexander to Augustus – 350 BCE to 100 CE
The Rise of the Great Religious Traditions – 500 BCE to 700 CE
The Medieval World Was Global – 600 to 1300 CE
Dante, Chaucer and the Global 14th Century – 1250 to 1400 CE
