Early humans, up to 40,000 BCE
Hunters and gatherers, 40,000-10,000 BCE
Early settlements, 10,000-5000 BCE
The first civilizations, 5000-1500 BCE
Extension of civilization, 1500-500 BCE
Conquests and empires, 500 BCE-1 CE
Great empires and civilizations, 1 CE-500
Cultural developments, 500-800
Conquests and invasions, 500-800
Continuity and change, 800-1000
The Feudal system, 1000-1200
The rise and fall of dynasties, 1000-1200
Cultures and kingdoms, 1000-1400
Conflict and change, 1200-1400
The age of discovery, 1400-1600
Trading empires, 1400-1600
Wars, colonies, and new states, 1600-1800
Revolution and learning, 1600-1800
Colonies and trade, 1600-1800
A new world order, 1800-1900
War and the world, 1900-1920
The intermediate years, 1920-1939
Independent nations, 1945-2000
Development and growth : economy, 1945-2000
Development and growth : technology, 1945-2000
The new millennium and the future, 2000 onwards
Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Togo
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Indian Ocean Islands
Central America : Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala
Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland
Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia
Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine
Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Moldova, Romania
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
Austria, Hungary, Liechtenstein
Australia and New Zealand.