The Human Odyssey project
A curation of History & Geography resources.
What happened when and where.
How it led to what we are today.
A project started with the publication of the Australian textbook
“Human Odyssey: From the Ancient to the Modern World”
by the History Teachers' Association of Victoria.
A bird's-eye-view of History from 60,000 BCE to the present,
to understand how one event led to the next, instead of obsessing on dates and battles.
The Human Odyssey Project continues with the curation of timelines,
maps and visuals that help understand what happened where and when.
About the Human Odyssey
Human Odysssey
Timeline v2.0
3000 BC - 500 BC
. First civilisations
Human Odyssey
Timelines v1.0
3000 BC - 500 BC
. First civilisations
500 BC - AD 750
. Han China, Sui, Tang
. India: Maurya, Gupta
. Parthian, Sassanian
. Greece, Rome
. Goths, Merovingians
. Hegira, Umayyad
AD 750 - 2020
. Middle-Ages
. Renaissance
. Industrial Revolution
. Modern Age
Human Odyssey
High Level Timeline
Big TL 3000 BC - 2020 with key blocks only
Human Odyssey World Maps
World Map 1.0: territories and cultures, by increments of 100 years, from 4000 BC to 2010 AD based on the historical-basemaps open-source library
World Map 2.0 with 2 view-modes:
1. historical-basemaps open-source library showing discrete year increments, roughly every 100 years. Lots of land coverage, at the expense of some border approximations.
2. GeaCron showing continuous years, less territory coverage, but more exact on what it shows.
runningreality.org
World History Model
Chronas.org
Chronas Classic - Timelines since 3000 BC
Chronas Globe
Chronas Globe
World history timeline
The rise and fall of nations
Oxford Cartographers, by Terry Hardaker
“There are people in this room who hate History because of the way we were taught men and battles, written by the victors without any nuance. Instead, the way to think about History is like a bunch of connected systems. Nothing happens in isolation. For example, why do you get a croissant for breakfast in Australia today, and not a Wonton - although we're closer to Asia than France?
— Ignite Talk 2024
Contact.
Human Odyssey