The World in Time

Two thousand years of human history — mapped.

The World in Time travels from the year 1 to today, one era at a time, and shows how the whole planet
changed. Animated maps trace the empires and peoples that rose and fell. Realistic reconstructions show
how ordinary people actually lived. And the numbers tell the real story — population, the greatest cities,
and the moments that quietly changed the future of humankind.

Not just kings and not just the West — the whole world, from Rome to Han China, from the kingdoms of
Africa to the cities of the Americas. Long, calm, deeply researched episodes for the endlessly curious.

New episodes regularly. Subscribe and travel through time with us.