What is a TimeMap?
A "TimeMap" is a merger of maps, timelines and a history encyclopedia filled with text, images, links, slideshows and more!
A TimeMap depicts a set of features or areas, at various points over a period of time. These fit together to form a map-timeline, which shows the history of a particular topic. This might be a territory, or a structure, or an event - a chemical reaction, perhaps, or the workings of a machine.
For the purposes of the World History Project, the topics all relate to human history at a world, regional or national level. At the top level, a timemap of the history of the world provides the spine of the Atlas of World History. Hanging off this is a set of timelines on the major regions of the world, which themselves provide structure to the timelines on individual countries or sub-regions.