Speck in Time

Archive

The full text of every entry, organised for reading and search. For the scroll-through-time experience, open the interactive timeline.

By region

• Global Turning Points17 entries
• Andean Peoples7 entries
• Mesoamericans12 entries
• North American First Peoples9 entries
• Sub-Saharan Africa15 entries
• West Africa5 entries
• Neolithic Mediterraneans5 entries
• Celtic Peoples4 entries
• Greeks13 entries
• Rome13 entries
• Egypt12 entries
• Mesopotamia11 entries
• Persia10 entries
• India12 entries
• Philippines35 entries
• China18 entries
• Japan9 entries
• Korea7 entries
• Southeast Asia10 entries
• Steppe Peoples8 entries
• Austronesians8 entries
• Europe23 entries

By era

• The Land Forms50 Mya – 3 Mya
• First Hominins3 Mya – 50,000 yrs ago
• Modern Humans Arrive50,000 yrs ago – 12,000 yrs ago
• The Sea Rises12,000 yrs ago – 3,300 BCE
• Early Bronze Age3,300 BCE – 2,200 BCE
• Bronze Age2,200 BCE – 1,200 BCE
• Iron Age1,200 BCE – 600 BCE
• Classical Antiquity600 BCE – 500 CE
• Middle Ages500 CE – 1,500 CE
• Modern Period1,500 CE – today