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The Timemap of World History. Exploring world history. through maps! Track all the different regions and countries of the world to see how they changed through time! Or browse history with our Atlas and Encyclopedia. The Atlas gives you a panoramic overview of the grand sweep of world history.
- Company History
- Why Timemaps?
- A Note on Dates
We have been producing history education software for a combined total of over 70 years! Peter Britton (who claims 30 of these years – some of his colleagues might go as far to say he is a historic relic himself!) spearheads the team of history teachers, professional history writers, cartographers, copywriters, designers and digital media professio...
The “Time-Map” concept was originally conceived to offer a visual framework for history topics. A map combined with a timeline lets users see where an event is happening, both in time and space. If done properly, it gives them a panoramic view of change over time, and allows them to understand the significance of historical episodes much more clear...
You will notice that we now use the date notation BCE and CE rather than BC and AD. I am aware that this change will not be to everyone’s taste. The traditional notation is specifically Christian in its meanings. BC stands for “Before Christ”, and AD stands for Anno Domini, or “In the Year of the Lord”. The new notation, on the other hand, is disti...
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The TimeMap of World History is made up of an Atlas and an Encyclopedia. The Atlas is for browsing all the world’s history, ranging over wide periods of time and regions of the world. The Encyclopedia is for digging deeper into topics. The TimeMap is for learners of all ages to use and enjoy.
- The Origins of Civilization. Up until about 12,000 years ago, all humans were hunter-gatherers: that is, they lived by hunting wild game, fishing, and gathering fruits and berries.
- Early Civilizations. The first true civilization in the Middle East emerged in Mesopotamia in the mid-fourth millennium BCE. Here, a people called the Sumerians lived in numerous small cities, the centers of the earliest true states.
- Civilizations of the Classical EraI. The Middle East recovers. The time of troubles ended about 900 BCE in the Middle East, and the ancient civilizations of the region were soon on the rise again.
- The Medieval Era. The word “medieval” means “middle”, or “in-between”; and it is tempting to see the centuries between 500 CE and 1450 CE as an “in-between” time when the glories of classical civilization lay behind and the achievements of the modern world lay ahead.
World history, branch of history concerned with the study of historical phenomena that transcend national, regional, or cultural boundaries or distinctions between peoples or with the study of history from a global, comparative, or cross-cultural perspective.
- Richard T. Vann
How to use the TimeMap of World History in your teaching - TimeMaps. 1. Historical background. Provide historical background (and explanation) for such frequently-taught subjects as early modern Europe (what WAS the Holy Roman Empire?) and World War 1. 2. Theme-based topics.
What makes something world history is the scale of analysis. World history is mostly interested in large-scale things that have effects on large numbers of people or influence multiple regions of the world. World historians also tend to look at events that occur over long periods of time.
