Explore history by era

Pick an empire or age and see it come to life on the ChronoAtlas timeline - its borders, rulers, cities and trade routes.

117 AD The Roman Empire at its height See the Roman Empire at its greatest extent under Trajan in 117 AD - its borders, rulers,... 1279 AD The Mongol Empire, history's largest land empire Explore the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history, on an interactiv... 1683 AD The Ottoman Empire across three continents Trace the Ottoman Empire from a small Anatolian beylik to a power spanning three continent... 323 BCE The empire of Alexander the Great See how Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and reached India in just over a... 1250 BCE Ancient Egypt at the height of the New Kingdom Explore Ancient Egypt at the height of the New Kingdom on an interactive history map, from... 555 AD The Byzantine Empire, Rome in the east Explore the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire that lived on in the east for a thousand ye... 500 BCE The Achaemenid Persian Empire See the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the first true world empire, on an interactive history... 100 AD Han Dynasty China Explore Han dynasty China, a contemporary and rival in scale of the Roman Empire, on an in... 1000 AD The Silk Road across Eurasia Follow the Silk Road, the network of trade routes linking China to the Mediterranean, on a... 900 AD The Viking Age Explore the Viking Age on an interactive history map - Norse raids, trade and settlement f...