The past, in four great arcs
Each arc gathers dozens of episodes, turned into pages where the map comes alive, the timeline scrolls and the numbers take shape.
At the dawn of civilizations
From prehistory to the Neolithic: the first cities, the first inventions, the first borders.
Great discoveries & conquests
Explorers and conquistadors: Columbus, Magellan, Cortés, Pizarro, Zheng He…
Nations & empires in animated maps
How countries and empires took shape, region by region, century after century.
Genetic & linguistic history
The peopling of the world, told through DNA and language: migrations, blendings, lineages.
One page, entirely rebuilt
Our reference page: the evolution of Earth's atmosphere and climate across 4.5 billion years. Worlds in WebGL, cross-sections and scenes in Canvas, charts and timelines in SVG — not a single imported image.
The Evolution of the Atmosphere & Climate
From lava at 2000 °C to two “Snowball Earths”: a deep-time saga, interactive and responsive.
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