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World history three ways: day by day, from today’s date in other years; region by region, the world in twelve as today’s map divides it; and century by century, 56 of them from the 35th BCE to our own.

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Every day of the year

Regions

The world in twelve
  1. North Africa4,481 events · 7 civilizations
  2. Sub-Saharan Africa9,261 events · 24 civilizations
  3. Middle East21,138 events · 18 civilizations
  4. Europe287,361 events · 13 civilizations
  5. Central Asia2,295 events · 5 civilizations
  6. South Asia11,535 events · 19 civilizations
  7. East Asia51,615 events · 15 civilizations
  8. Southeast Asia14,213 events · 37 civilizations
  9. Mesoamerica and the Caribbean7,224 events · 7 civilizations
  10. South America14,424 events · 6 civilizations
  11. North America88,718 events
  12. Oceania7,063 events

Centuries

From the 35th century BCE to our own

3500 – 1001 BCE

  1. 35th century BCE3500 – 3401 BCE8 events · 1 realm
  2. 34th century BCE3400 – 3301 BCE2 events · 1 realm
  3. 33rd century BCE3300 – 3201 BCE2 events · 2 realms
  4. 32nd century BCE3200 – 3101 BCE3 events · 2 realms
  5. 31st century BCE3100 – 3001 BCE3 events · 2 realms
  6. 30th century BCE3000 – 2901 BCE34 events · 3 realms
  7. 29th century BCE2900 – 2801 BCE5 events · 3 realms
  8. 28th century BCE2800 – 2701 BCE4 events · 4 realms
  9. 27th century BCE2700 – 2601 BCE5 events · 5 realms
  10. 26th century BCE2600 – 2501 BCE10 events · 5 realms
  11. 25th century BCE2500 – 2401 BCE12 events · 5 realms
  12. 24th century BCE2400 – 2301 BCE10 events · 6 realms
  13. 23rd century BCE2300 – 2201 BCE5 events · 6 realms
  14. 22nd century BCE2200 – 2101 BCE9 events · 6 realms
  15. 21st century BCE2100 – 2001 BCE8 events · 7 realms
  16. 20th century BCE2000 – 1901 BCE42 events · 7 realms
  17. 19th century BCE1900 – 1801 BCE14 events · 8 realms
  18. 18th century BCE1800 – 1701 BCE13 events · 7 realms
  19. 17th century BCE1700 – 1601 BCE13 events · 6 realms
  20. 16th century BCE1600 – 1501 BCE15 events · 9 realms
  21. 15th century BCE1500 – 1401 BCE30 events · 9 realms
  22. 14th century BCE1400 – 1301 BCE27 events · 9 realms
  23. 13th century BCE1300 – 1201 BCE49 events · 9 realms
  24. 12th century BCE1200 – 1101 BCE40 events · 10 realms
  25. 11th century BCE1100 – 1001 BCE64 events · 10 realms

1000 – 501 BCE

  1. 10th century BCE1000 – 901 BCE77 events · 7 realms
  2. 9th century BCE900 – 801 BCE60 events · 8 realms
  3. 8th century BCE800 – 701 BCE111 events · 8 realms
  4. 7th century BCE700 – 601 BCE152 events · 10 realms
  5. 6th century BCE600 – 501 BCE197 events · 11 realms

500 – 1 BCE

  1. 5th century BCE500 – 401 BCE288 events · 8 realms
  2. 4th century BCE400 – 301 BCE386 events · 12 realms
  3. 3rd century BCE300 – 201 BCE453 events · 18 realms
  4. 2nd century BCE200 – 101 BCE319 events · 15 realms
  5. 1st century BCE100 – 1 BCE414 events · 15 realms

1 – 500 CE

  1. 1st century CE1 – 100 CE514 events · 15 realms
  2. 2nd century CE101 – 200 CE239 events · 16 realms
  3. 3rd century CE201 – 300 CE396 events · 19 realms
  4. 4th century CE301 – 400 CE399 events · 17 realms
  5. 5th century CE401 – 500 CE559 events · 16 realms

501 – 1000 CE

  1. 6th century CE501 – 600 CE713 events · 19 realms
  2. 7th century CE601 – 700 CE1,044 events · 20 realms
  3. 8th century CE701 – 800 CE1,161 events · 23 realms
  4. 9th century CE801 – 900 CE1,329 events · 25 realms
  5. 10th century CE901 – 1000 CE1,534 events · 30 realms

1001 – 1500

  1. 11th century1001 – 11003,597 events · 28 realms
  2. 12th century1101 – 12006,834 events · 26 realms
  3. 13th century1201 – 13009,058 events · 30 realms
  4. 14th century1301 – 14008,775 events · 39 realms
  5. 15th century1401 – 150011,052 events · 40 realms

1501 – 1800

  1. 16th century1501 – 160017,223 events · 41 realms
  2. 17th century1601 – 170020,423 events · 29 realms
  3. 18th century1701 – 180031,420 events · 30 realms

1801 – 1900

  1. 19th century1801 – 190095,921 events · 31 realms

1901 – 2000

  1. 20th century1901 – 2000233,464 events · 14 realms

Since 2001

  1. 21st century2001 – 202687,478 events

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