Timeline of World History | Major Time Periods & Ages

[@UsefulCharts]

Lots of comments about my placement of Egypt, so let me respond: Geographically, Egypt is in Africa. However, from a cultural and genetic perspective, it is also very much a part of the Middle East. Although it had interactions with other parts of Africa throughout history, it also had lots of interactions with the Levant, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. Therefore, for reasons of design and in order to more easily show several key interactions that occurred in ancient times, I placed Egypt next to the Middle Eastern civilizations rather than the Sub Saharan civilizations. In the video, I mistakenly summarized the horizontal sections as the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia & the Pacific but it would have been more accurate to describe them as the Americas, Sub Saharan Africa, Europe, the MIDDLE EAST, Asia & the Pacific. In other words, I did not mean to insinuate that Egypt is a part of Europe! Finally and most importantly, please note that there are no geographical labels on the poster itself. While civilizations are generally shown from West to East, this is a history poster, not a geography poster, so it's not exact.

[@UsefulCharts]

@@maxmaxwell4461 Feel free to share any information that you have to support your view. Don't use hyperlinks though as they'll get caught in the YT spam trap. Also, if you post it here on the pinned comment, I'll be more likely to see it.

[@ladyjae09]

While the proximity cant be denied. The genetic and cultural can be. For so long history has written off Egypt as culturally and genetically different from the rest of Africa as to distance it from its African lineage. This has been a long standing position by Europeans, which is continuously adopted. I mean, one can easily refute by starting with a micro observation, stating the fact that humans walked out of African eons ago and continued to do so over millennia. Or that what we see phenotypically now in these regions, is not what was present during these periods. Of course it had interactions with Kush, its shared the same culture, they borrowed from each other, they are on the same continent. If that is the case, why not argue that Greek and Sicilian lineages are more closely related, genetically to Africans that their Europeans counterparts further north. In truth, this is not necessarily a critique of the good work you do, which I admire. However what I am refuting is a long standing position of European Anthropologist that have continued to forcibly remove Egypt from the African continent, this specific point in your color map helps to prop up this misrepresentation of history. But i do thank you for your reply and look forward to what you will do next.

[@dusteverything.crypto7102]

@@maxmaxwell4461 Bang on, These European Educated people have a closed mind to what people say about themselves. They always control the narrative for thier selves.

[@OMProductions81]

This of course is the standard Eurocentric response which is understandable because you are obviously of European decent. I mean that as no insult just a statement of fact. We all tell history from our own perspective; unfortunately the Eurocentric view is too often written and promoted as if it is the sole authority on world history. I would never place Egypt, a term meaning "black land" anywhere else but in Africa, where it obviously exists to this day and is socially and culturally tied to the people of Africa. (Curiously enough, Europe is not even a continent, but we are taught that in every school book.) And of course we are told by Europeans that "black land" refers to the fertile soil and not the people. Again, when Europeans are telling the story any acknowledgement of the obvious presence of black people must be denoted as servants or mercenaries. Unfortunately many black people respond by labeling all Europeans as barbarian cave dwellers with poor hygiene and no culture. A tit for tat that serves no one. It would be nice to see a well-rounded telling of the story that gives full credit to all the nations involved and is not just a European cowboy movie. I will admit that I at least see you making the effort . A lot of similar charts don't mention Africa and the Americas at all. I hope you will continue to push the envelope in future charts.

[@jedgar63]

Africa/Europe, Asia, etc are modern labels. Egypt is part of Mediterranean culture. Ancient southern Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa have a much more closely shared culture and history because they all border the Mediterranean Sea. They had no concept of being different continents, because they are unaware that other continents exist, or that the lower half of Africa and the upper half of Eurasia even existed.

[@tiafp]

they really need to start giving kids this chart in school, makes it so much easier to learn when you understand the context of everything. i think a lot of people struggle connecting the dots on all the things that were happening in different cultures at a given time in history. this makes it so much easier!

[@OhmVibe]

Agreed. I understood more about world history after watching this video than I ever did in school.

[@karenfitzpatrick6256]

Agreed. Along with the narrative could be very useful for middle schools to introduce them to how the World civilizations of today began, right at the age when they are able to understand! Good knowledge basis for kids before they come to the false belief that what they are experiencing in their own neighborhood is all there is..

[@sumreensultana1860]

THE GAME OF HISTORY IS SURPRISED BY YOU U WILL BE. JAILED BECAUSE U ARE A TRAITOR U WILL MAKE UNDERSTANDING ME TOO EASY

[@jacquelinemartinez2309]

I agree

[@flavio5046]

Agree =/

[@bobbyyie1310]

This was actually the most enjoyable 17 minutes I've ever experienced on KZbin.

[@thegamedudeguy]

You've never sat down and watched "Vines that cured my depression" have you?

[@scottliverpool7187]

Same.

[@nshobi]

This was actually the most enjoyable 17 minutes I be ever experienced on KZbin.

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

everything started in the middle EAST first king first writings first city first nation first war first Empire and all religions and also first song first story and all Prophets of God were in middle EAST and also Cyrus The Great

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

@Jay Bird what I said is true

[@Mu51kM4n]

"without writing we can't have history" is the OG "pics or it didn't happen"

[@cjb4924]

lt's a history of written history. Doesn't make sense to go back much further as not much happened and if you kept the equal distancing rule you'd just have an empty chart on top and all modern history jammed up together at the end.

[@michaelfrawley171]

Carbon dating or it didn't happen

[@panteleon1]

many writings are discarded because they don't fit the fairy tale

[@romant142]

Charles Scott DNA is just DNA has nothing to do with a creator

[@Murrangurk2]

@@cjb4924 Calm down buddy, he's making a joke.

[@LK-se2ju]

I really need a similar chart that compares the “eras” of art, philosophy, literature, science, music etc... while listing major events.

[@Klamees]

Same

[@karinlarsen2608]

Get out your magic marker and write it in

[@Enacaus]

just give gaming about 6000 more years, and then people from 7020 CE will study Gaming History from all the way back in 1960's till their Modern Time. I mean, to us 1960's games seems ancient. Hell, I can't even play games from the 2000's cuz' of how bad the graphics are. Imagine what gaming will be like in the year 7020 CE.

[@elvisleconte9919]

@@Enacaus No game in a limited world.

[@mvmarchiori]

I wish I could like your comment five times.

[@kr0nz]

its crazy to think that in a few thousand years, we'll all just be a short line on someone's chart.

[@minzblatt]

Optimistic one, huh?

[@RemziCavdar]

@@minzblatt Yeah, nobody will write our names, maybe our countries names (most important ones), technology and important events (like internet invention and Corona) etca...

[@00001Rob]

Yes but your comment will live on

[@sigilsick]

"Internet"

[@Staleyboi12]

Tiny dots on an endless timeline

[@benthye8608]

I have enjoyed the study of history my entire adult life. This is *THE* single best chart, narration, and overview of world history I have ever seen. Simply outstanding!!! May the Gods of the Romans, and Greeks, and the KZbin algorithms reward you handsomely for your efforts. :)

[@anbarwins950]

@ Which event do you speak of?

[@jeromemarchan1046]

My Greek Gods! It's a fucking overview.

[@kodykindhart8230]

What’s wrong

[@libertarianboy1453]

@@rosedawson1646 it's obviously not researched, it's mainstream history

[@mooeminou]

@@libertarianboy1453 yeah id rather see underground history bro. Mainstream history is so bland and always make it to the top of billboard!

[@napat9]

Timeline 1:47 - A.D. / B.C. (definitions) 2:40 - C.E. / B.C.E. 3:14 - Starting reference point(s) in history 3:50 - Stonge Age and Planet Earth (years) 4:27 - Early Bronze Age 6:01 - 4.2 Kiloyear Event 6:35 - Bronze Age Proper 7:46 - Bronze Age Collapse 8:06 - Iron Age / Greek "Dark Ages" 9:50 - Classical Antiquity 12:01 - Middle Ages (Medieval Period) 12:26 - Western European "Dark Ages" 15:29 - Modern Age 16:27 - Trends in transition between time periods (climate, mass migration, pandemic)

[@brookethdetomaro7807]

fucking love you😭 thank you

[@FamiliarCrib]

Very detailed indeed. 👏🏻

[@hannahwithah7556]

thanks!

[@everybodysayparty]

THANK YOU

[@ibomohamud]

middle ages is enough!

[@aylenpacheco2080]

As a visual learner I’ve always struggled so much to understand history in its context but this video is so damn helpful!! I enjoyed it so much

[@pedroedsos]

"Visual learner" seems to be a myth, you can find it debunked on a youtube channel - we all learn better with a good mix.

[@pmj_studio4065]

yeah, Veritasium made a video about that

[@annazfker2028]

FAKE HISTORY.

[@jennifercarolinareyesserra4918]

@@pedroedsos Makes sense, I learn by watching, taking notes and reading my notes to refresh my memory

[@universeusa]

Me too.

[@abdulraheemtahir6269]

In this 17 minutes long video, I learned more history than I ever did in my 12 years of schooling.

[@burhanahmed6289]

Same to me

[@WarriorofChrist612]

Educate yourself. Schools also tell lots of lies these days. Ask the americans.

[@darththunderstorm6331]

@@WarriorofChrist612 That’s right

[@Raj-wf6ln]

@@WarriorofChrist612 as america is right

[@sudinsintolgame8585]

Same bruh

[@WiskinWaffles]

This video needs to be presented to every kid... Holy f ... this video blew my mind! I spent 1 hour watching this video really trying to soak it all in. For some reason this makes me want to start going to school again. I graduated but have only been working for 3 years since, I haven't had any inspiration to go to school, but after watching this video I really want to start learning about everything. Thank you for this video! It's crazy how life puts these things in front of you!

[@ShivAadesh]

Yeah.... I have been watching this video for last one and half hours.. And still am at 14:38 of it...yeah almost 3mins left till finish. I searched things from 'Mansa Musa net worth' and damn- what not; on Google, out of curiosity!! 😅 I can totally relate to your thoughts bro.

[@annazfker2028]

AND THE WORLD IS FLAT.

[@removed3566]

You should definitely try watching the crash course world history series, which described multiple civilization/ major historical events in a loosely (coz most of them overlap with each other) chronological order

[@fuzzmaayn29]

it doesnt acknowledge Aboriginal tribes soak that in

[@truthof7382]

I’m already freaked out knowing that the distance between the horizon white lines is most likely longer than my life span. Prospective on the phrase “life is short”.

[@Yoyo_setups]

My wife and I are totally amazed by this. As history fans we often times get confused with time and overlaps in conversations. This video and chart is great! Definitely going to add this to our family’s learning.

[@tylerchan1076]

He single-handedly promoted himself and created content. What a genius.

[@sanatanainfiniti4239]

single handedly maybe but many years of reading and studying.

[@tng6628]

That is true but not many people can. He did/does an excellent job.

[@terrymiller111]

@@tng6628 True. One professor in undergrad had us use the BEST text for our music class. It was hers.

[@Loren_Law]

I'm willing to bet that the invention of the internet is going to be the transition marker future historians will use for whatever age we are living in the beginning of

[@Sacrilege83]

The Globalist Age.

[@msrsooraj]

How about the invention of nuclear technology?

[@minzblatt]

@@frozenweevil4022 Thats so random and euro-centric, I cant even. "Globalization of Power"?? Wtf. Just shush please.

[@LeonelFunes]

It's being called the Information Age

[@00001Rob]

Yes and the invention of Tik Tok is the start of the new dark age

[@tinylife_homeschool]

I love being able to see how so many civilizations followed similar patterns, and had their rises and falls around the same time. Super fascinating!

[@luisdominguez2087]

they were all connected.

[@jasonnelson9141]

​@@luisdominguez2087Were they?

[@luisdominguez2087]

Since at least 5k or even more

[@philip2898]

I just discovered this channel today after learning about the Russian Revolution in school. After watching over 15 videos from this channel instead of doing homework, i think it’s safe to say this is now my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@21whichiswhich]

Who says history is boring? It's the most interesting thing to learn.

[@saimaalam8804]

In school its boooooring In youtube its awwwwwsommme

[@hlalelemahlaela77]

In high school I did mathematics, science and biology. In tertiary I went with Mechanical Engineering and I'm working in an Aviation Industry. But lately I've discovered that I'm starting to be passionate about History and I'm getting self taught 💯% so well. I love how history connects with each and every industry/fraternity and makes me understand how all the world professions fuse together to create what we call a civilization.

[@TShah]

it is really interesting but the way it’s taught in schools takes the fun out of it

[@delmundl]

exactly but school history is ugly

[@fixxxer7030]

It is interesting, but ironically, we don't actually "learn". We make the same mistakes from our fathers.

[@rayclark7369]

Awesome! I’ve dreamt of finding a chart like this forever. When we learn history of the different parts of the world, it’s usually by focusing on one region at a time so that makes it hard to get a grip on what was happening everywhere else at the same time, unless there’s significant interaction between the regions. And the commentary gives such a great bird’s eye view of human history too. Thank you for this!

[@marvinedwards7011]

So have I, when I would learn a history fact I would wonder what happening elsewhere.

[@goattttttt954]

Omg Exactly!!! I've been searching for an explanation like for so fucking long! I mean reading history in discrete accounts doesn't seem to make much sense if you can't piece it together in the large picture in terms of how relevant it was depending when it happened and what else was going on in different parts of the world at the same time.

[@davislatham8887]

I have too as soon as I saw this I bought it, this is gold.

[@firstsergeant9361]

I've purchased one of these charts, framed it, placed it in my classroom. The kids love it. I wish there were a digital/editable version for purchase. I'd buy it in a heartbeat. History teachers would pay a hefty price I'm sure for something they could tailor to their curriculum.

[@aleksandratet.5532]

I didn't enjoy learning history while in school. I just couldn't see the big picture. I'm really grateful for this video. The chart you made is AMAZING. While I was watching the video something just clicked in my brain. Thank you very much :-)

[@Juror_Number_Eight]

Same here Aleksandra. Sadly, by the time I reached a point in my life when history become very interesting to me, many of the people from whom I could have learned firsthand experiences had already been gone.

[@Justin1an]

Same with me. Never have desire to learn about history in school. After i ended school at around 19/20 yo i start get very interested in world history untill now 25 yo. Sometimes i kind feel regrets for late realization of how cool and important history is, i realized how much question and topic i can talk with my teacher about history 😢

[@mtbroca]

Same here... it's all in the presentation and enthusiasm of the lecture. I wish he would have been my history professor

[@kky.x]

I have this biased hatred towards our schooling system for making things intentionally tedious, confusing and boring

[@Ansonidak]

When went to school they didn't even show you the the big picture. There was no "World History" course. As if European history was all that mattered.

[@CO1GEE]

Its a amazing how he says each sentence as a matter of fact yet it consists of actual humans living lives with hopes and dreams and fears and ambitions hurt and sorrow...lives lived

[@dannyasper2664]

how are you doing so far?

[@justbreakingballs]

Deeeeep mannnnn

[@remyblog7967]

Deep as fuck

[@lorddominonexus]

In about a million year, if humanity still exists, I would love to see this type of chart in a galactic scale of civilizations

[@Raj-wf6ln]

You can go in one of those freeze places and wake up in hundreds or thousands of years

[@Raj-wf6ln]

@jdxl I know

[@Alex-02]

@jdxl Well depending on how old you are, there still is time for that technology to develop

[@Rationalific]

My bet is that a million years from now, we won't have made it past this solar system. And that will probably be for the best.

[@Alex-02]

@@Rationalific The only way that happens is if we go extinct within the next couple centuries. If not, 1 million years is a long time to figure out interstellar travel and I think you underestimate just how much time that is. The beginnings of society ocurred less than a 100th part of a million (10 000) years ago, and for 99% of that time pretty much nothing ocurred technology wise compared to the last century or two.

[@Yosetime]

I just love the narration and the level of detail put into a digestible format that is easy to absorb and to see the overall picture. Absolute perfection! Thank you!

[@carolinea5792]

Would you consider making a timeline for music history? I'm a music teacher and love the timelines and charts you make.

[@UsefulCharts]

Sadly, it's something I know very little about.

[@carolinea5792]

@@UsefulChartsthat's ok, I understand! It would be an amzing collaboration if you did it with a channel like Twoset Violin. But whether or not you do it, I still love the content. Keep up the good work!! :) I always try to incorporate music history into my lessons, maybe I'll work on my own visual chart :)

[@noahroberts162]

I had this same thought. As a college student currently taking History of Western Music, something like that would be a godsend

[@pmmborrice]

@@carolinea5792 omg so much yes, i love both channels and a collab would be mind blowing

[@fionafiona1146]

These charts are what I love in American movi classrooms

[@CLTRunningR]

I am very ADHD and I’ve been really interested in history lately. I’ve been getting very frustrated at myself with not concentrating and getting confused with time periods. This chart and video was the most helpful video I’ve been in years! I can’t believe history can be explained as simple and detailed as this video. Thank you SO MUCH! This is such a resource when studying history!

[@calycalyps0]

Same with the adhd I sucked in history so bad even though it does interest me. Being able to look at something makes it way easier than just text

[@UsefulCharts]

I'm ADHD too 😁

[@Paqcar]

@@UsefulCharts damn, you’re replying to comments years later, that’s cool, gigachad

[@heatherwhitfield977]

Thank you for this enlightening video and also for highlighting all areas of the world.

[@maidenvoyage88]

This is the exact reason I looked this up today. We are not alone :)

[@cecilr]

You should do a timeline of each period on its own! like a close up / zoomed version of each era, that would be amazing. I am obsessed now with the timeline video on Asian history and I wished I could see more areas of the world in that same way, so orderly and easy to understand. It truly sparks my curiosity to make research on my own about each of the important events mentioned. I am absolutely going to buy the book as soon as I am able. Thank you for your wonderful work!

[@reddykcn]

I know History is very difficult or tedious to explain and elaborate. but this 17-minute presentation is very brief and detailed enough to understand our history and I am surprised to see how a complex subject is encapsulated in a simple computer screen and explained. Great presentation. Kudos.

[@PoorLifestyles]

I see a lot of comments along the lines of "why didn't we have this in school". What you fail to realize is no one throughout history had this chart in school, We are currently living in a time that makes creating & sharing this video with billions of people possible. +1 new subscriber

[@akshaythorat3664]

Wow. That is mind blowing!

[@nusaibahibraheem8183]

I don't understand your comment. People in the modern era can most certainly make this chart, so they should have used it to teach in schools. Very easy to understand.

[@PoorLifestyles]

@@nusaibahibraheem8183 Define "modern era". Colleges are only a few hundred years old. Home computers generally were not popular until the last 30 years. The software that gives everyone the ability to find and compile data into a video and share it online with an algorithm is as recent 2005 (give or take).

[@wreckdiver61]

you don't go to school to learn you go to be programed. history depends on the person, or country telling it.

[@OnlyTruthLove]

2.4m atm

[@Victor-zw8tb]

Just imagine how many lives came before us? Hopes and dreams...vanished in time.

[@zombiem3mes441]

At least they existed at one point

[@Lordssodier]

"from dust to dust"' ...

[@Lordssodier]

just wait till neuralink release an 'expansion-pack' for a 'Altered Carbon'-like eternity... or eternal domination? Humanity will discover... ;)

[@Adnan...7575]

After 100 yrs.....none of us will be here....

[@frankmartin8471]

Or hopes and dreams realized and lived.

[@orktv4673]

Also I love the Covid-19 Pandemic at the very bottom. Hadn't noticed that before.

[@panchohalo2158]

@Omar B. Omar people say this every year

[@supermotherfuckingvillain]

@@panchohalo2158 but you can't deny 2020 has been the craziest year for a long time... The pandemic is worse than the great recession and 9/11. The last big global event is probably the cold war and the dissolution of USSR.

[@panchohalo2158]

@@supermotherfuckingvillain I honestly don't care for your opinion.

[@mangot589]

Pancho Halo But you like putting YOURS down, eh?

[@ninjiango9126]

Remember how 2020 started, Trump blew up a Iranian general who was trash talking him on social media, everyone was like WW3 starting, then Iran accidentally shoots down a commercial plane full of Iranians, and Trump was LOL. Feels like it was a lifetime ago, but it's only been a few months. Now the world is a meme with police around the world doing the coffin dance with dead people and blasting the coffin dance music to remind everyone to social distance.

[@champcar69]

Brilliant visual representation of how powerful a civilization was and how long they lasted.

[@kayzeaza]

When you have a world history final and you only have 20 minutes to study

[@zhongxina9420]

@@arolemaprarath6615 what?

[@zhongxina9420]

@@arolemaprarath6615 and?

[@zhongxina9420]

@@arolemaprarath6615 how the fu-.... You realize that 71% of all humans speak mandarin right?

[@zhongxina9420]

@@arolemaprarath6615 using any nations language doesn't mean you're subjected to be ruled, that is totally different and you should realize that

[@zhongxina9420]

@@arolemaprarath6615 No I don't, English in fantasy terms has become the "common language", you either learn it or ya stuck in a bubble, it's semi forced

[@sugarspiceandeverythingnic1124]

He can enumerate things that happened in 100-year intervals and i’d still happily watch this. This is so informative! Mad respect for you guy/guys behind useful chart!

[@nijoyjohn4366]

this is a pure masterclass, i mean pure gold dust the kind of work , planning and creativity put into it is just mesmerising. Hats off to the Creator

[@imviiku]

Indus Valley civilization has 800 sites in India and 450 in Pakistan.

[@petergo9773]

By far the best representation of human history and development of ages; Kudos for compiling and presenting it. Excellent material for any one to understand history.

[@twopeaksnorth8184]

Just got your book in the mail, such a great purchase! I am a museum studies student and these charts are gold.

[@vinitasheoran8908]

Hi. What book is this ? Would be keen to buy as well.

[@lemmetellyousomething679]

Imagine how many colorful lines would be out there in history that we can't know about them in anyway except if there's time machine

[@seifeldinhossam591]

or if we conquered the Vatican

[@JohnyEarsack]

This is exactly what I've been looking for. Both the chart and the accompanying video explaining and outlining interesting points. Thank you

[@tejasasthana6951]

I can't even imagine the effort, time, and knowledge put together to make this chart. kudos!

[@CO1GEE]

One of the single most important videos on KZbin...

[@PintoTheOG]

My whole life i thought "AD" meant "After Death" 😅😅

[@hepsibasolomon1755]

Don't worry, you are not alone

[@delmundl]

same

[@afinalquehistoriaeessa2023]

I know you're kidding, man.

[@jsarge3749]

They change the terms and yet, the terms still revolve around the life of Jesus lol

[@TheSoulTV]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mathew1613]

Such GENEROUS CLARITY. I thank him for putting it in the public domain.

[@fargh]

16:23: "OK, so that was obviously a very broad overview, but what I think is perhaps most interesting and most important are the similarities that can be seen in the transitions between each timeperiod. Often they involved a combination of climate events, mass migrations, and pandemics - three things that we are currently dealing with in the year 2020. Does this mean we are on the verge of entering a new period in human history?" Yes. And to top it off, we are also approaching something akin to a population and technological singularity.

[@sinoroman]

current world has heavy technology&science, interglobalization, and massive alliance-systems, so although i believe you're right, i'm betting on it not happening based on the three factors i laid out

[@fargh]

@@sinoroman would you care to elaborate on what it is that you're betting on not happening?

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@fargh entering a new period of history

[@DFX2KX]

@@zabaleta66 The virus going around is definitely real, there are photos from optical microscopes all over the place. And a few folks I know have had friends die from it. Don't be an idiot. I'm not going to say it's not being used for political gain-as it is, but it's a very real pandemic. And I think Romanke's making the point that we're at a high level of technology intersecting with a high population density ensuring shortages, disease, and efficient weaponry have collided. We're more likely to wipe ourselves from the map then achieve anything remotely approaching "Singularity" in the transhumanist sense.

[@deepdarksecretful]

@@Alucard-gt1zf we are technically experiencing the information revolution, where information on anything can be accessed anywhere in the world ( if you are lucky), which you might be right about. It could be viewed as the second coming of the renaissance period, where we have great advances in technology from the need to survive mother nature's wrath(and the damage we have unleashed upon ourselves as well), as well as pure curiosity. whether we have passed the Great Filter is still up to debate though.

[@checkpeck]

2020 ! I am starting my Empire now! you would soon find me in the chart

[@blackhokage1744]

can I come with pls 😔

[@कालायतस्मैनमः]

😀😀😂😃

[@blackhokage1744]

@@कालायतस्मैनमः yes, I wana be a part of it 😊😊 black hokage da FIRST

[@ZakBurrell]

Lol

[@saintvictorie]

I'll be waiting with my empire bruh 👊

[@yesthatbruce]

This is just so awesome, fantastic in every way. Without repeating all the other comments, I'll just say that I learned more about history in this video's 17 minutes than I ever did throughout my school years. Major kudos especially for the brilliant graphics ... this chart makes it so much easier to grasp these concepts than just reading articles about each individual element. I've saved this video along with a very few others in my "Best" queue. Bravo, bravo, bravo!

[@Aluttuh]

just imagine all the events of history that have been rewritten or covered up by the victors

[@ronjohnson557]

Lol true

[@argelast]

Yes, this graph is a prove, balance one civilizations more than others, even forget some majors civilization, history is write by the strongest

[@justbreakingballs]

Yeh just imagine! That’s amazing

[@inaxaaji1935]

Well said bro

[@frankmartin8471]

Or entire mythical histories accepted simply because it is written.

[@juicehardison]

This is one of the most helpful videos I’ve viewed on the platform. Especially the complexity of the topic, to how well you put it all together. I’m purchasing this chart as soon as I can press send.

[@Tamsta-273C]

According to the internet queen Elizabeth should be at the top of chart.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

According to idiots* Immorlizabeth II predates this chart, she was born in the Lizard homeword, since she's a lizard, like Zuckerberg, and later infiltrated Norway, where she took the body of a viking who would later conquer Normandy and then England, taking the body of a new king each time, as seen fit to the normal human lifespan( Aka the lizard "skin-change") until she grew found of her current body. This is terrible news, since this can only mean she thinks the invasion is ready to begin

[@poloralphy69]

Liessss....Europeans was not writing they was n caves at that time

[@yamchathewolf7714]

@@miguelpadeiro762 I'm actually open to what you said, what lead you to these specific conclusions, like that queen Elizabeth took the body of a Viking King in Norway? Do you have some proof that indicates that or are you just trolling? I know shapeshifting lizards are real even though tha idea doesn't fit into the paradigm of 99.9% of people. Which isn't surprising.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@Bigfoot I'm responsible with my acid, sir, no need to worry.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

​@@yamchathewolf7714 Alright I'll just decribe a quick historical event. Now you know the French right? The dudes so proud they have like bagguetes up their asses? Yeah. Now there was this viking raider, rollo(the immorlizabeth first human skin), so he raided Paris and really devastated the region with his raids, so if you were French king( A proud dude with a bagguete up his ass) how would you respond? YEAH OF COURSE YOU WOULD KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE INFERIOR PAGAN VIKINGS! But guess what? He literally gave northern France to Rollo with a bunch of extra money for him to stop the raids. WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK , RIGHT? Now this would be stupidly impossible to have happened, as the French are proud dudes with bagguetes up their asses, but I have the explanation: Rollo, Immorlizabeth, used her lizard mind controling powers to influence the French king into giving him the land, which was way better than his scandinavian territory and from there he could easily plan an invasion of england, where he'd then conquer 1/4 of the world. That's my proof Also, aliens bruv, aliens.

[@thekitchenwizards]

This is fantastic. However, as an Irish person, it would be great to see our passage tombs, particularly Bru na Boinne, and Newgrange, the oldest standing structure on the planet, represented on the chart. It dates to around 3200bce - 2,900bce. It is often forgotten and it is hugely significant as a Stone Age site.

[@nonunitary]

Seconded!!

[@ashtondeas6154]

defiantly not the oldest standing structure in the world... by a long shot

[@aaronred88]

Just bought the chart. Can't wait to get it. Please consider adding PayPal as a buying option. Thanks.

[@mayc8674]

I finally found a comprehensive easy to understand explanation of our World History. I needed to simultaneously see images and explanations for what was emerging and what was ending during historic changes around the World. Thank you much, your calendar is amazing.

[@cattymajiv]

It would have helped a lot in my school years, when I hated history. But I just love it now! It goes to show that it was the presentation that I hated, not the subject!

[@IRex-wm9pd]

So then "Timeline of Recorded World History Starting in the Bronze Age..." Would love to see an addendum added to this that would focus on the earliest known prewritten civilizations like the Danubian culture, the Jiahu Culture, Ain Ghazal, Çatalhöyük, etc. and how they potentially feed into the cultures at the top of the chart.

[@nabeeldin3544]

it pretty interesting. when humanity has reach a point of advancement. we collapsed but rise up again surpassing advancement of the past. it is like hardships and difficulty is a blessing in disguise. maybe a hardship and difficulty today we experience with pandemic and climate changed will make us rise up again surpassing again the advancement of the past. humanity history is really interesting

[@syildirimbuup]

This video should be taught at schools, for instructional purposes, not to students but to teachers of history themselves.

[@daveemery12]

You have an amazingly organized mind.

[@naotomorita1621]

This chat makes all history relevant to each other rather than bits and pieces all existing separately. Really useful thanks

[@jaspervanbuuren]

Thanks for not playing music in the background in any of your videos, like so many others do. Now we can just focus on the content without any distraction. Please keep that up.

[@aynapaisley]

I wish I had this on my wall as a child, it was so hard to keep track of which civilizations and periods existed simultaneously and it resulted in me having an absolutely fragmented perception of a historical timeline, very patchy and lacking coherence.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

I have never liked learning history when I was in school, I would often times get instantly bored and/or almost fall asleep during history classes, but seeing this chart.... history is pretty darn fascinating. If only we had such teaching mechanisms back then (during the 80s-90s in communism / after-communism Romania)...

[@jutberger6507]

Even till this day I would say history classes are not 'enjoyable' enough. As I have now seen a full overview of the history of world, I am now more likely to go on into puzzling every age one by one. Even this should be approached little by little. Only focusing on one certain age will get boring in no time.

[@stangfriend6179]

Same🙋‍♀ I dont like history its so boring...sometimes in school I even ended up 0 in my test even though I listen..I dont know🤷‍♀ even if I listen enough it just past through my ear,It doesnt even touch my brain being ended up copying my classmate test😂Im really thankful to yt and to the channel that teach like this......if given a chance I dont like to go to school..youtube can teach us that the school cant🤦‍♀

[@AmyMossoff]

So glad to have found this video! A perfect companion to the chart. In history, it's so important to zoom in and learn the details, then zoom out and look at the big picture, and repeat. There are plenty of good quality videos for children about details, but few that help with the big picture. Thank you!

[@georgejavinez3089]

whoever made this chart is a genius. ♥

[@UsefulCharts]

Thanks.

[@shivarya2219]

This is insane, unbelievable..... How could you design the human history in a chart. Heads off to you. This is the only thing that I have most valuable watched on KZbin. It's amazing.

[@Behrouz_369]

This chart is great but definitely needs an update, Considering the findings in places like Gobekli Tepe, Jiroft, Peru ...

[@ionciobanu8386]

Exactly, I want a chart of how Graham Hancock says history should be, there was definitely a missing advanced civilization, the whole chart has to be rethinked, but tbh I still really like the chart, and I'm still gonna buy it.

[@Elijah-fc3ex]

@@ionciobanu8386 what are you talking about? pseudoscience?

[@shookreeseeree4]

...n the history of Australia n NZ , n the Pacific Islands are missing..

[@rayankhan5025]

WOW. Great video. The explanation, while not very comprehensive, was excellent. The chart is the true prize. I'm curious how many hours and minds went into making the chart. Great work folks!

[@whitetiger2711-f4z]

The chart is a masterpiece

[@MAA-bk6ci]

"does this mean that we are venturing into the new period of human history?" certainly gave me goosebumps. knowing what happened before, humanity still manages to survive and thrive after each "pandemic". great video very informative. mabuhay from the Philippines.

[@chevon1920]

Yes well we’ll see if we survive this or at least make it out of 2020.

[@gs24x7]

Sold. The fastest $75 I have ever spent. Bought 4 maps. Thanks for doing this !

[@eviive8496]

Dear UsefulCharts. I would love a chart that compares different cultures/empires calendars. An example would be what year did the Mayans use compared to the Hebrew calendar, the Chinese calendar, the Egyptian calendar, etc. We have loved watching your videos as a family. Thank you for all the work you put into your charts and videos.

[@vhatougan]

Years was manipulated..the year now is 1223..

[@balince_media2754]

Dude, excellent job. Really. You found your niche. Simple, informative and honest. You allowed for the 4 year question period and made it concise.

[@BioluminescentTree]

One question: where are the sources? It astonishes me that a channel centred around information doesn't seem to cite any references for the information displayed, especially when it's for sale. I've noticed it's a problem all too common on KZbin. To me, it seriously undermines the respectability and authoritativeness of your work, which otherwise looks top-notch and professional in all other respects.

[@juanlucas5649]

It is just a visual reference. It is not an article or an essay. Consider it art more than anything else.

[@gerardvila4685]

It may make sense to quote sources if you are presenting material that not everyone knows, or that not everybody agrees on. But it would be pointless here. Every historian agrees on these facts.

[@historybuff1174]

@@gerardvila4685 They don't though, especially stuff like the times in which 'eras' occur and the useage of terms like 'Europe's dark age'

[@juanlucas5649]

@@historybuff1174 Those things are subjective anyways, so you don't need sources. His own opinion is the source.

[@ErnestThurston]

I really enjoy all of your charts. I pass them on to friends. It's great how you can take a complicated subject and break it down to a few charts that are easy to understand. I also appreciate the scholarly approach to religion that you do.

[@adamak4626]

This combined together everything i learnt in school for years into 15 minutes.

[@bsealy1]

I've wished for a world timeline like this my entire life. Thank you for this video and I'm going to the website right now!

[@karsentube13yt]

Good video but I would make the ages (in order) 1. Early Bronze Age (Starting in 3300 BCE) 2. Bronze Age (Starting in 2100 BCE) 3. Iron Age (Starting in 1200 BCE) 4. Middle Ages (Starting in 476 CE) 5. Colonial Age (starting in 1506 CE) 6. Early Modern Age (Starting after Napoleon) 7. Modern Age (Starting After Franco Prussian War)

[@fargh]

This wouldn't work. 5,6 and 7 would be clumped way too close to eachother to be meaningful. To make it work you'd have to expand the distance between horizontal lines during that period, thereby defeating the purpose of the chart - to show equal timeperiods equally.

[@UsefulCharts]

@@fargh Yes. And at this view level, it makes more sense to use round numbers. For example, I agree with 476 but 500 is easier from a design point of view.

[@sinoroman]

i disagree with iron age and colonial age because they are ambiguous. everything else is ok.

[@karsentube13yt]

UsefulCharts hello

[@karsentube13yt]

UsefulCharts keep up the good work

[@tonydoinstuff]

This is fantastic! Closed up some major events that I, for years, struggled to get all in a row. My inner history nerd thanks you for making this! I'm definitely buying that chart.

[@Tallenn]

Wonderful chart! I wish I'd had something like this in high school, or even college. The way I remember world history, we'd study the Roman Empire in one semester, and far eastern history of around the same period in a whole other class. I was never able to see the timelines and how they coincided or contrasted until today. The picture is more clear for me now. Questions like "what was happening in China when Galileo was discovering the moons of Jupiter?" or "what was going on in America when the pyramids we being built? Are much easier to see now.

[@cloelles]

You should make followups to this chart. Go deeper into each section, like a sub-chart. History of Egypt, Sumer, Indus valley... each section down the line. Also do one of pre-history! 😊

[@iridoceleperistalsis3790]

4:48 the writing system is yet to decipher. Wow imagine what would we found.

[@Samu-oe9pf]

Right?? ❤️ I think a lot of them will be economic/tax based but I would kill for some stories and epics! Oh how I would love to know about the IVC's daily life.

[@qrx4057]

Indus valley dank memes

[@nssaharan]

Search for Surya Sidhanta on youtube

[@agrimasaraswat9626]

Our Indian Ancestors had a lot of brains and literally wrote in a way that no one is able to do it till now. Man, we Indians also wanna know about our ancestors.

[@agrimasaraswat9626]

@@qrx4057 Haha

[@RamonGeorgeAtentoPhD]

You could literally create a whole course in history with this precious 17 minutes. Thanks

[@clacicle]

I’m actually doing that right now!. I was asked to teach a 40 hour world history course to a group of 10 graders over a period of 6 weeks. I looked at the syllabus the previous teacher used and it was a mess. This looks like a good start.

[@RamonGeorgeAtentoPhD]

@@clacicle your students are lucky to have you as a diligent teacher. keep it up :)

[@XAGR-hn3qt]

This needs to be played in schools, at 30 I was more confused than a box of Christmas lights about history, not anymore.

[@Waterharmony3]

I love this chart and I appreciate your time, energy and dedication to such an important subject. Thank you :)

[@Smkpt42]

I absolutely love charts like this where I can look for hours asking all sorts of questions.

[@akinoladolapo6973]

The massive work that would have gone into this great piece of work must be unbelievable. This chart is a must have.

[@ekramkhanshafi]

Was looking for a video that will summarize the world from the beginning, well atleast the written history as you explained, and here I am willing to buy this brilliant chart. Thanks

[@nlahunter]

This was a fantastic timeline to see and understand our history. You did a great job putting all these periods together.

[@iamenvymetoo]

This might be the first 17 minute video Ive ever watch on KZbin without skipping around.

[@MrUrsi05]

Brilliant overview. It fits into the way my brain works, that is, start with the big picture and drill into the different segments and sub segments. I wish I had have seen this 20 years ago

[@iamthew0lf]

Humanity has never been so interconnected. We are reaching a new Age of Enlightenment. There’s a massive cultural shift happening right now that is going to shape humanity. 200 years from now we will look back at this time as the beginning of that age.

[@corterapidoetramontina2904]

Yep. I think that the Modern Age has break down with the Berlin Wall Fall in 1989. Since then our world has changed too much.

[@maishk48]

about right, seems like it took around 900-1000s years for every reset (from plague, calamity events, etc), from that chart black death/plague in 1300s was the trigger for modern ages, so next is around 2200-2300s..give/takes 100years but looking at the current event maybe a lot sooner.. on the bright side, a new kind of human civilization, probably inter-galaxy/planets starts!

[@faw3511]

It looks to me that we are reaching a new age of UN-enlightenment, a new dark ages.

[@ArwenAmidalaGrey]

@@faw3511 It is always darkest before the dawn.

[@gauudi8230]

Well done. Love the explanation at the beginning followed by each era.👏

[@colloidal_gold]

This world history Chart is very informative. Very well done.

[@AT-gk7ib]

Everything is good except when you referred Indus valley as Pakistan. The whole name India came from Indus valley. It was all Indian civilization, Pakistan came into existence in 1947 only.

[@thomasdixon4373]

Awesome new poster Matt! Hey can you do some more African monarchs like Morocco

[@UsefulCharts]

I plan to.

[@thomasdixon4373]

@@UsefulCharts hoorah!

[@IssamMbarek]

@@UsefulCharts yesssss

[@vedroxx]

@@UsefulCharts i noticed morocco not on timeline , it would be great if it was placed nearby cordoba caliphate (between africa/europe) having descended from Mauretania Tingitana province of roman empire ; maybe also add other Arab states that descended from ottoman empire bisides that , it's GREAAAT WORK

[@mdfdm2397]

That'll be great

[@empreursupremejonathan4181]

Can you make a video about the most probable future commun ancestor of the world (genghis Kan, the prophet, Charlemagne etc)?

[@garethmarshall7724]

Subscription earnt and chart ordered. That was exactly what I needed, thank you for your work sir.

[@IAmEmiliaM]

This was probably THE most interesting video I've ever seen! It was so easy to follow with the chart, I will buy it!

[@npc_bot5535]

Probably the best comprehensive video I've ever seen! Please make more of this kind of timeline videos! PS: Please consider squishing in the Swedish Empire in the 1600s-1700s as well ;)

[@Owais_kalyar]

I have never seen such a concise and exceptional explanation of history on any channel or website. Thank you for making such videos

[@KipIngram]

This is an excellent top-level diagram for anyone interested in world history.

[@amankaushik7877]

Just loved it. I think you should have mentioned Kushan Empire 78 AD onwards covering Bacteria, Uzbekistan and North West India... which resulted in creation and development of Silk Route between Roman, Chinese and Indian cultures.... Also a bit more on Indo European migration.... Thanks

[@danpicocfp6276]

Thank you. I slightly above average knowledgable/interested in history. This fills in huge gaps that I want to learn and fill. Great video.