| 01 | Emergent Symbolic Culture c. 142,000–70,000 BCE | 1:23.5–1:26.5 | 5 | Blombos Engraved Ochre Specimen M1 6Blombos Engraved Ochre Specimen M1 6 AltBlombos Engraved Ochre Specimen M3 10Blombos Engraved Ochre Specimen M3 10 AltBlombos Cave Nassarius BeadsBlombos Cave Nassarius Beads AltPanga Ya Saidi BeadsTaforalt Shell BeadsSkhul And Qafzeh Shell BeadsMadjedbebe Ground Ochre |
| 02 | Out of Africa Migrations c. 70,000–45,000 BCE | 1:26.5–1:29.5 | 4 | Jebel Irhoud CraniumJebel Irhoud Cranium AltOmo Kibish I SkullOmo Kibish I Skull AltHerto Bouri SkullHerto Bouri Skull AltMadjedbebe Rock ShelterTam Pa Ling CaveNiah Caves Deep SkullCallao Man (Homo Luzonensis) |
| 03 | Late Upper Paleolithic Innovations c. 45,000–26,000 BCE | 1:29.5–1:32.5 | 5 | Dolni VenustVenus WillendorfLion ManLascaux HallChauvet HorsesAltamira BisonMaros-Pangkep Cave ArtLubang Jeriji SalehApollo 11 Cave StonesDenisova Cave Ornaments |
| 04 | Last Glacial Maximum Networks c. 26,000–19,000 BCE | 1:32.5–1:35.6 | 5 | Venus WillendorfDolni VestoniceLascauxSulawesi PigSveduv Stul HorsePaglicci CaveXianren CaveYuchanyanMal'ta-Buret' CultureCosquer Cave |
| 05 | Epipaleolithic Intensification c. 19,000–14,500 BCE | 1:35.6–1:38.6 | 5 | Kebaran MicrolithsOhalo Ii CampKharaneh BeadsEin GevNahal HaderaMadhloom MortarsXianrendong Cave PotteryMadjedbebe RockshelterFa Hien CaveWadi Kubbaniya |
| 06 | Natufian / Semi-Sedentary Foragers c. 14,500–11,700 BCE | 1:38.6–1:41.6 | 5 | Shukbah CaveAin MallahaKebara Sickle HaftElwad MortarsElwad BurialsElwad HeaddressOdai Yamamoto IMonte VerdeTaforaltKow Swamp |
| 07 | Pre-Pottery Neolithic A c. 11,700–10,800 BCE | 1:41.6–1:44.6 | 5 | Jericho TowerJericho HousesGobekli Enclosure DGobekli Vulture StoneGobekli PillarsGobekli FoxJerf El-AhmarMureybetTell Qaramel TowersHallan Cemi |
| 08 | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B c. 10,800–8,500 BCE | 1:44.6–1:47.6 | 5 | Jericho Plastered SkullAin Ghazal StatuesAin Ghazal SkullsCatalhoyuk BucraniaCatalhoyuk Seated WomanCatalhoyuk VolcanoIncipient Jomon PotteryGuitarrero CaveNanzhuangtouGobekli Tepe |
| 09 | Pottery Neolithic Village Webs c. 8,500–6,400 BCE | 1:47.6–1:50.6 | 5 | Hassuna PotteryTell HassunaSamarra WareTell Es SawwanSawwan FigurinesHalaf PotteryJiahuPeiligang CulturePengtoushan CultureLahuradewa |
| 10 | Late Neolithic Megasites c. 6,400–5,000 BCE | 1:50.6–1:53.6 | 5 | Trypillia House Model ClayBurnt House Deposit TrypilliaTrypillia Zoomorphic VesselTrypillia Horned Altar ModelTrypillia Flint Sickle BladesVarna Related Copper Bead OrnamentGoberoMehrgarhReal AltoCishan Culture |
| 11 | Chalcolithic / Copper Age c. 5,000–3,300 BCE | 1:53.6–1:56.7 | 5 | Varna Necropolis Grave 43Varna Gold Pectoral And OrnamentsVarna Gold ScepterOtzi The IcemanOtzis Copper AxeOtzis Flint Dagger And QuiverHongshan Jade CultureBanpo VillageNabta PlayaYangshao Culture |
| 12 | Uruk Urban Expansion c. 4,000–3,100 BCE | 1:56.7–1:59.7 | 5 | Warka Vase Uruk VaseMask Of Warka Lady Of UrukUruk Archaic Tablet Proto CuneiformEanna District Temple ComplexWhite Temple And Ziggurat Of UrukUruk Cone Mosaic FacadeLiangzhu CultureHongshan CultureNewgrangeMaadi Culture |
| 13 | Early Dynastic Sumer & Predynastic Egypt c. 3,100–2,600 BCE | 1:59.7–2:02.7 | 5 | Narmer PaletteStandard Of UrRoyal Tombs Of Ur PuabiQueen Puabis HeaddressBull Headed Lyre Of UrRam In A ThicketCaral PyramidsLiangzhu JadeNewgrange Passage TombKot Diji |
| 14 | Old Kingdom Egypt & Akkad c. 2,600–2,200 BCE | 2:02.7–2:05.7 | 5 | Great Pyramid Of GizaGreat Sphinx Of GizaStatue Of Khafre EnthronedBust Of Menkaure And KhamerernebtyStep Pyramid Of DjoserSeated Statue Of DjoserMohenjo-daroCaral (Norte Chico)Liangzhu Jade CultureDancing Girl Of Mohenjo-daro |
| 15 | 4.2k Event / First Collapse c. 2,200–2,000 BCE | 2:05.7–2:08.7 | 5 | Curse Of Agade TabletGutian Period Administrative TabletIpuwer Papyrus AdmonitionsStela Of Ankhtifi MoallaFirst Intermediate Period StelaMehrgarh Indus Decline LayersCaralLongshan CultureBactria-Margiana ComplexIndus Valley Civilisation |
| 16 | Middle Bronze Age Recovery c. 2,000–1,600 BCE | 2:08.7–2:11.7 | 5 | Ur Nammu SteleCode Of Hammurabi SteleMari Royal Palace Zimri LimInvestiture Of Zimri Lim FrescoStatue Of Ishtup Ilum Governor Of MariBabylonian Mathematical Tablet Plimpton 322Erlitou CultureXiaohe CemeteryCemetery H CultureLower Xiajiadian Culture |
| 17 | Mature Indus & Early Shang c. 1,900–1,400 BCE | 2:11.7–2:14.7 | 5 | Priest King Statue Mohenjo DaroDancing Girl Bronze Mohenjo DaroGreat Bath Of Mohenjo DaroMohenjo Daro Urban Plan And Grid StreetsPashupati SealIndus Unicorn SealsSanxingduiKerma CultureBan ChiangAndronovo Culture |
| 18 | Minoan/Mycenaean & Hittite Ascendancy c. 1,600–1,300 BCE | 2:14.7–2:17.8 | 5 | Bull Leaping Fresco KnossosPalace Of Knossos NeopalatialPhaistos DiscSnake Goddess Figurines KnossosPrince Of The Lilies FrescoLa Parisienne Ladies In Blue FrescoesPoverty PointCerro SechinZhengzhou Shang CityLapita Culture |
| 19 | Late Bronze Age Zenith c. 1,400–1,200 BCE | 2:17.8–2:20.8 | 5 | Uluburun ShipwreckUluburun Copper Oxhide IngotsAmarna LettersBust Of NefertitiTutankhamuns Golden MaskTomb Of Tutankhamun Kv62Tomb Of Fu HaoOlmec Colossal HeadsLapita PotteryRigveda |
| 20 | Bronze Age Collapse c. 1,200–1,150 BCE | 2:20.8–2:23.8 | 5 | Sea Peoples Reliefs At Medinet HabuMortuary Temple Of Ramesses Iii Medinet HabuSea Peoples Naval Battle ReliefGreat Harris PapyrusDestruction Layer Of UgaritPylos O Ka Tablets Coastal WatchShang Oracle BonesSanxingdui BronzesSan Lorenzo Olmec HeadsTollense Valley Battlefield |
| 21 | Early Iron Age Fragmentation c. 1,150–900 BCE | 2:23.8–2:26.8 | 5 | Neo Hittite Reliefs Of CarchemishLong Wall Of Sculpture CarchemishTell Halaf Guzana StatuesAramaean Kingdoms InscriptionsPhoenician Sarcophagus Of AhiramAhiram Inscription Early Phoenician AlphabetPainted Grey Ware CultureWestern ZhouSan Lorenzo TenochtitlanCupisnique Culture |
| 22 | Neo-Assyrian Imperialism c. 900–610 BCE | 2:26.8–2:29.8 | 5 | Lachish ReliefsLamassuDying LionessAshurbanipal Lion HuntBlack ObeliskNimrud IvoriesChavin De HuantarNok CultureLa VentaEl-Kurru |
| 23 | Neo-Babylonian & Median Interlude c. 626–539 BCE | 2:29.8–2:32.8 | 5 | Ishtar GateProcessional WayMushhushhu DragonEtemenankiNebuchadnezzar InscriptionEast India HouseConfuciusMahajanapadasEcbatanaGreat Dam Of Marib |
| 24 | Axial Philosophical Age c. 600–400 BCE | 2:32.8–2:35.8 | 5 | Analects ConfuciusDaodejingGuodian BambooZhuangziMozi TextMencius TextThe BuddhaMahaviraBehistun InscriptionParmenides |
| 25 | Achaemenid Persian Order c. 550–330 BCE | 2:35.8–2:38.8 | 5 | Cyrus CylinderBehistunPersepolis ApadanaPersepolis SiteGate All NationsTomb CyrusChavín De HuántarTomb Of Marquis Yi Of ZengPazyryk BurialsMonte Albán |
| 26 | Classical Greek City-State Era c. 500–360 BCE | 2:38.8–2:41.9 | 5 | ParthenonParthenon MarblesRiace BronzesDiscobolusDoryphorosCharioteer DelphiNok TerracottasApadana Of PersepolisOxus TreasureMonte Alban |
| 27 | Hellenistic Synthesis 336–146 BCE | 2:41.9–2:44.9 | 5 | Antikythera MechanismVenus De MiloWinged VictoryLaocoonPergamon AltarDying GaulPillars Of AshokaAi-KhanoumLighthouse Of AlexandriaMusawwarat Es-Sufra |
| 28 | Mauryan Empire & South Asian Integration 322–185 BCE | 2:44.9–2:47.9 | 5 | Lion Capital SarnathPillar VaishaliPillar LauriaPillar Delhi TopraPillar AllahabadEdict GirnarSanchi StupaAnuradhapuraBarabar CavesDujiangyan |
| 29 | Roman Republic Transformation 200–27 BCE | 2:47.9–2:50.9 | 5 | Capitoline BrutusTemple SaturnLapis NigerServian WallTemple PortunusTemple HerculesMawangdui TombsSanchi Great StupaDong Son DrumsMeroe Pyramids |
| 30 | Roman Imperial Peak 27 BCE–180 CE | 2:50.9–2:53.9 | 5 | Augustus Prima PortaAra PacisRes GestaeColosseumPantheonTrajans ColumnSanchiNazca LinesMeroeMoche Culture |
| 31 | Qin-Han Consolidation 221 BCE–220 CE | 2:53.9–2:56.9 | 4 | Terracotta ArmyKneeling ArcherBronze ChariotsQin MausoleumGreat Wall HanBanliang CoinDong Son DrumMeroë PyramidsMawangduiFlying Horse Of Gansu |
| 32 | Late Antiquity / Faith Empires c. 200–600 CE | 2:56.9–2:59.9 | 5 | Hagia SophiaJustinian MosaicTheodora MosaicGalla PlacidiaArch ConstantineColossus ConstantineAjanta CavesPyramid Of The SunObelisk Of AxumLord Of Sipan |
| 33 | Early Medieval Transition c. 600–1000 CE | 2:59.9–3:03.0 | 5 | Sutton Hoo HelmetSutton Hoo GoldSutton Hoo SiteBook Of KellsLindisfarne GospelsBook Of DurrowBorobudurTiwanakuTodai-jiIgbo-Ukwu Bronzes |
| 34 | High Medieval Economies c. 1000–1250 CE | 3:03.0–3:06.0 | 5 | Magna CartaDomesday BookBayeux TapestryNotre Dame ParisChartres GlassCluny AbbeyAngkor WatQingming ScrollChichen ItzaIfe |
| 35 | Mongol Integration & Black Death c. 1250–1400 CE | 3:06.0–3:09.0 | 5 | Genghis StatueJami Al TawarikhMongol BowPaizaYuan PorcelainKarakorumGreat ZimbabweChan ChanMajapahit EmpireBronze Head from Ife |
| 36 | Late Medieval / Early Renaissance c. 1400–1500 CE | 3:09.0–3:12.0 | 5 | Gutenberg BibleBirth Of VenusPrimaveraBrunelleschi DomeGates ParadiseArnolfini PortraitForbidden CityHangulBenin BronzesGur-e-Amir |
| 37 | Iberian Age of Exploration c. 1450–1550 CE | 3:12.0–3:15.0 | 5 | CaravelCantino PlanisphereTordesillasPadraoMonument DiscoveriesBelem TowerAztec Sun StoneMachu PicchuMing Treasure VoyagesSankore Madrasah |
| 38 | Columbian Exchange & Maritime Empires c. 1500–1650 CE | 3:15.0–3:18.0 | 5 | WaldseemullerCodex MendozaFlorentine CodexAztec Sun StoneTemplo MayorMachu PicchuHimeji CastleUniversity Of TimbuktuNaqsh-e Jahan SquarePotosi |
| 39 | Scientific Revolution & Absolutism c. 1600–1700 CE | 3:18.0–3:21.1 | 4 | De RevolutionibusVesalius FabricaSidereus NunciusGalileo TelescopeGalileo TrialNewton PrincipiaTiangong KaiwuSeki TakakazuTaj MahalPotala Palace |
| 40 | Enlightenment & Proto-Industrial c. 1700–1780 CE | 3:21.1–3:24.1 | 5 | Encyclopedie Diderot Dalembert Title Page Vol 1Encyclopedie Plate Epinglier Pin Makers WorkshopNewcomen Atmospheric Steam Engine EngravingWatt Separate Condenser Steam Engine DrawingSpinning Jenny Hargreaves ModelArkwrights Water FrameJantar Mantar JaipurKarakuri PuppetKangxi DictionaryFranklin Stove |
| 41 | First Industrial Revolution 1760–1840 CE | 3:24.1–3:27.1 | 5 | Watt Boulton Rotative Steam EngineSpinning Jenny HargreavesArkwright Water FrameCromptons Spinning MuleCartwright Power Loom EngravingCotton Gin Eli Whitney Patent DrawingJacquard MachineNorth River SteamboatSokoto CaliphateZulu Kingdom |
| 42 | Nation-State & Second Industrial Surge 1840–1914 CE | 3:27.1–3:30.1 | 5 | Darwin On The Origin Of Species First EditionDarwins Hms Beagle Specimens FinchesMendeleevs Periodic Table ManuscriptBessemer ConverterBells Telephone Patent DrawingEdisons Incandescent Light BulbMeiji RestorationBattle Of AdwaPanama CanalTrans-Siberian Railway |
| 43 | World Wars / Total War Age 1914–1945 CE | 3:30.1–3:33.1 | 4 | Archduke Franz Ferdinands Bloodstained TunicBritish Wwi Recruitment Poster KitchenerTrenches Of The Western Front PhotographMark I TankFokker Dri TriplaneLusitania Sinking Newspaper Front PageUSS ArizonaHiroshima A-Bomb DomeMitsubishi A6M ZeroSoviet T-34 Tank |
| 44 | Cold War & Decolonization 1945–1991 CE | 3:33.1–3:36.1 | 2 | Churchill Iron Curtain Speech DocumentMarshall Plan PosterBerlin Airlift Candy Bomber PhotographNato Treaty Signature PageUniversal Declaration Of Human RightsIndian Independence Nehru Tryst With DestinyBandung ConferenceGhana IndependenceSputnik 1Cuban Missile Crisis |
| 45 | Digital Anthropocene 1991–present | 3:36.1–3:39.1 | 1 | Berners Lee Information Management A ProposalFirst Web Page Infocernch ScreenshotNext Computer First Web ServerMosaic Web Browser ScreenshotNetscape Navigator InterfaceAmazon Homepage Screenshot EarlyLinux KernelWikipediaFirst iPhoneBitcoin |