| 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 Alt |
| 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 Alt |
| 03 | Late Upper Paleolithic Innovations c. 45,000–26,000 BCE | 1:29.5–1:32.5 | 5 | Dolni VenustVenus WillendorfLion ManLascaux HallChauvet HorsesAltamira Bison |
| 04 | Last Glacial Maximum Networks c. 26,000–19,000 BCE | 1:32.5–1:35.6 | 5 | Venus WillendorfDolni VestoniceLascauxSulawesi PigSveduv Stul HorsePaglicci Cave |
| 05 | Epipaleolithic Intensification c. 19,000–14,500 BCE | 1:35.6–1:38.6 | 5 | Kebaran MicrolithsOhalo Ii CampKharaneh BeadsEin GevNahal HaderaMadhloom Mortars |
| 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 Headdress |
| 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 Fox |
| 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 Volcano |
| 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 Pottery |
| 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 Ornament |
| 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 Quiver |
| 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 Facade |
| 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 Thicket |
| 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 Djoser |
| 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 Layers |
| 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 322 |
| 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 Seals |
| 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 Frescoes |
| 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 Kv62 |
| 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 Watch |
| 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 Alphabet |
| 22 | Neo-Assyrian Imperialism c. 900–610 BCE | 2:26.8–2:29.8 | 5 | Lachish ReliefsLamassuDying LionessAshurbanipal Lion HuntBlack ObeliskNimrud Ivories |
| 23 | Neo-Babylonian & Median Interlude c. 626–539 BCE | 2:29.8–2:32.8 | 5 | Ishtar GateProcessional WayMushhushhu DragonEtemenankiNebuchadnezzar InscriptionEast India House |
| 24 | Axial Philosophical Age c. 600–400 BCE | 2:32.8–2:35.8 | 5 | Analects ConfuciusDaodejingGuodian BambooZhuangziMozi TextMencius Text |
| 25 | Achaemenid Persian Order c. 550–330 BCE | 2:35.8–2:38.8 | 5 | Cyrus CylinderBehistunPersepolis ApadanaPersepolis SiteGate All NationsTomb Cyrus |
| 26 | Classical Greek City-State Era c. 500–360 BCE | 2:38.8–2:41.9 | 5 | ParthenonParthenon MarblesRiace BronzesDiscobolusDoryphorosCharioteer Delphi |
| 27 | Hellenistic Synthesis 336–146 BCE | 2:41.9–2:44.9 | 5 | Antikythera MechanismVenus De MiloWinged VictoryLaocoonPergamon AltarDying Gaul |
| 28 | Mauryan Empire & South Asian Integration 322–185 BCE | 2:44.9–2:47.9 | 5 | Lion Capital SarnathPillar VaishaliPillar LauriaPillar Delhi TopraPillar AllahabadEdict Girnar |
| 29 | Roman Republic Transformation 200–27 BCE | 2:47.9–2:50.9 | 5 | Capitoline BrutusTemple SaturnLapis NigerServian WallTemple PortunusTemple Hercules |
| 30 | Roman Imperial Peak 27 BCE–180 CE | 2:50.9–2:53.9 | 5 | Augustus Prima PortaAra PacisRes GestaeColosseumPantheonTrajans Column |
| 31 | Qin-Han Consolidation 221 BCE–220 CE | 2:53.9–2:56.9 | 4 | Terracotta ArmyKneeling ArcherBronze ChariotsQin MausoleumGreat Wall HanBanliang Coin |
| 32 | Late Antiquity / Faith Empires c. 200–600 CE | 2:56.9–2:59.9 | 5 | Hagia SophiaJustinian MosaicTheodora MosaicGalla PlacidiaArch ConstantineColossus Constantine |
| 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 Durrow |
| 34 | High Medieval Economies c. 1000–1250 CE | 3:03.0–3:06.0 | 5 | Magna CartaDomesday BookBayeux TapestryNotre Dame ParisChartres GlassCluny Abbey |
| 35 | Mongol Integration & Black Death c. 1250–1400 CE | 3:06.0–3:09.0 | 5 | Genghis StatueJami Al TawarikhMongol BowPaizaYuan PorcelainKarakorum |
| 36 | Late Medieval / Early Renaissance c. 1400–1500 CE | 3:09.0–3:12.0 | 5 | Gutenberg BibleBirth Of VenusPrimaveraBrunelleschi DomeGates ParadiseArnolfini Portrait |
| 37 | Iberian Age of Exploration c. 1450–1550 CE | 3:12.0–3:15.0 | 5 | CaravelCantino PlanisphereTordesillasPadraoMonument DiscoveriesBelem Tower |
| 38 | Columbian Exchange & Maritime Empires c. 1500–1650 CE | 3:15.0–3:18.0 | 5 | WaldseemullerCodex MendozaFlorentine CodexAztec Sun StoneTemplo MayorMachu Picchu |
| 39 | Scientific Revolution & Absolutism c. 1600–1700 CE | 3:18.0–3:21.1 | 4 | De RevolutionibusVesalius FabricaSidereus NunciusGalileo TelescopeGalileo TrialNewton Principia |
| 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 Frame |
| 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 Drawing |
| 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 Bulb |
| 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 Page |
| 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 Destiny |
| 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 Early |