Longitudinal view
Across the centuries.
The persons and events of the archive plotted as overlapping lifespans and durations on a shared piecewise-linear time axis. Read horizontally to follow a single life or event; read vertically to see who was alive together, what they walked through.
Persons — 46 lifespans
Events — 14 durations
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238 BCE – 148 BCE160 BCE – 104 BCE85 BCE – 46 BCE48 BCE – 237 – 70314 – 1352354 – 430630 – 688670 – 720745 – 791800 – 8801009 – 11061080 – 11301094 – 11631105 – 11851160 – 11991196 – 12581203 – 12491332 – 14061549 – 16031645 – 17271830 – 18631858 – 19161867 – 19201882 – 19631882 – 19671890 – 19601899 – 19351913 – 19761917 – 19561917 – 19891918 – 19831926 – 20141929 – 19891938 – 19571948 – present1948 – present1949 – present1949 – 20201949 – 19951949 – present1950 – present1951 – present1956 – 19981958 – present1960 – present202 BCE – 148 BCE311 – 411711 – 718789 – 974909 – 9691070 – 11471121 – 12691248 – 14651402 – 14961591 – 16121830 – 19031921 – 19261954 – 19621966 – 1978Persons coloured by primary role; events coloured by period. Triangles at the right end mark living persons. Click any bar to open the corresponding entry.
Person roles
- ruler
- warrior
- religious
- scholar
- writer
- musician
- activist
- explorer
- artist
- political
Event periods
- antique
- medieval
- ottoman
- colonial
- modern
- contemporary