A world of useful connections
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Timeline
Follow history, sport and people through time. Open a story for its key moments; open a person for their life timeline.
Explore
Food, sport, pop culture, people, companies, families and places — each tagged with its country. Pick one to read its card.
Countries
Everything the atlas knows about a country in one place: history, technology, sport, pop culture, food, people, companies, families, places and cities.
Number = nearby stories · click a group to zoom · drag to pan
Empires
Drawn on today’s borders, so shapes are approximate. Each colour has a sourced start and end year.
- Colony, protectorate or mandate
- Self-governing dominion (faded)
- The empire’s home country (outlined)
- Only a small area held (dot at the place)
Click an empire for its profile · click a country for its sourced status
Map key
Zoom in to reveal stations, then country and city names. Click any country to fly into it. Active filters isolate related knowledge.