Explore Evolution Through Time

World History Timelines

Turning points of world history — the major empires, from Akkad and Persia to the Mauryas, Rome, the Cholas, the Mongols, the Mughals, the British Empire, and decolonisation; the Industrial Revolution, from India’s handlooms and the first steam engines to cotton mills, railways, steel, the assembly line, and today’s smart factories; the First World War, from the alliances and the shots at Sarajevo to the Marne, the trenches, Gallipoli, Verdun and the Somme, India’s 1.3 million soldiers and labourers, 1917, the Armistice and Versailles; and the Second World War, from the road to war and Dunkirk to Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, the Holocaust, D-Day, Imphal and Kohima, 1945, and the United Nations; the Space Age, from Sputnik and Gagarin to the Moon landings, Mangalyaan, and Chandrayaan-3; and the global internet, from undersea telegraph cables to the web going worldwide, mobile money, India’s data boom, and the 2.6 billion people still offline.

• Major Empires: Akkad to Decolonisation
• Industrial Revolution: 1760 to Today
• First World War: 1914 to 1918
• Second World War: 1939 to 1945
• Space Age: Sputnik to Chandrayaan
• Global Internet: Cables to 5.5 Billion