Human evolution to the living world
Regional World Chronologies
Open dated regional sequences without treating modern borders as timeless. Each record connects a world-atlas period to place, work, belief, language, people, conflict, movement and environmental change.
Regional sequences
Enter history through place
These packs are designed to expand without flattening local chronologies into one universal sequence.

World Atlas Core Records
The original evidence-rich atlas catalog, converted into permanent internal detail pages across all thirteen world stages.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-CORE001-JEBEL-IRHOUD-NATURECIT-CORE001-BLOMBOS-SCIENCECIT-CORE001-WILLANDRA-NSWCIT-CORE001-KNOSSOS-MET+418 in register
200 records; full citation register on pack page · 422 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Africa
A continent-wide chronology from deep hominin evidence to living communities, balancing North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa while marking uncertain dates, routes and reconstructions.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-SMITHSONIAN-HUMAN-ORIGINSCIT-UNESCO-OLDUVAICIT-UNESCO-SA-PLEISTOCENECIT-UNESCO-TASSILI+44 in register
42 records; full citation register on pack page · 48 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

The Americas
A regional chronology from early settlement evidence to living Indigenous nations, ancient cities and networks, invasion, forced migration, independence, conflict, disaster, sovereignty and language revitalization.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-NPS-WHITE-SANDSCIT-NPS-BERINGIACIT-UNESCO-MONTE-VERDECIT-UNESCO-US-CULTURAL+85 in register
63 records; full citation register on pack page · 89 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

East and Southeast Asia
A regional chronology from Jomon and early rice communities through dynastic, maritime, colonial, revolutionary and contemporary worlds across East and Southeast Asia.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-UNESCO-JOMONCIT-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-MET-SHANG-ZHOUCIT-MET-QIN-HAN+58 in register
48 records; full citation register on pack page · 62 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Europe
A macro chronology of European communities, environments, polities, religions, languages, work, conflict and movement from early human occupation to the present.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-UNESCO-ATAPUERCACIT-UNESCO-VEZERECIT-BRITISH-EUROPECIT-UNESCO-ROMAN-FRONTIERS+66 in register
45 records; full citation register on pack page · 70 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Connected World Processes
A cross-regional chronology of human evolution, movement, belief, exchange, conflict, environmental change and living communities from deep time through 2026.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-GLOBAL-SMITHSONIAN-HUMAN-ORIGINSCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-OLDUVAICIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MODERN-BEHAVIOURCIT-GLOBAL-NPS-BERINGIA+104 in register
58 records; full citation register on pack page · 108 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Oceania and the Circumpolar Arctic
A chronology of first settlement, living Indigenous knowledge, migrations, languages, navigation, polities, colonial encounters, resistance, war, disaster, decolonization and climate change across Australia, the Pacific, Aotearoa New Zealand and the circumpolar Arctic.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-NATURE-MADJEDBEBECIT-OA-ANU-SAHUL-CROSSINGSCIT-OA-NATURE-MADJEDBEBE-GRINDINGCIT-UNESCO-WILLANDRA+87 in register
44 records; full citation register on pack page · 91 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

South and Central Asia
A selective regional chronology from early farming and steppe mobility through cities, religions, empires, colonial rule, partitions, environmental crises and modern states.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-UNESCO-MOHENJOCIT-UNESCO-DHOLAVIRACIT-MET-SOUTH-ASIA-RESOURCE+49 in register
48 records; full citation register on pack page · 53 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

West Asia and North Africa
A selective, evidence-led chronology of West Asian and North African communities, states, religions, languages, labor systems, conflicts, migrations, disasters and built environments from early food production to the present.
Visual reconstruction: The cover scene is interpretive and is not documentary evidence for every record in this pack.
Agent citation
CIT-UNESCO-GOBEKLI-TEPECIT-MET-FIRST-CITIESCIT-BRITISH-MIDDLE-EASTCIT-MET-ASSYRIA-IBERIA+71 in register
53 records; full citation register on pack page · 75 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812
One global control
The world slider remains primary
Regional pages add depth, while the atlas still lets one timeline move the entire map from hominin evidence to the present.