Mankind: The Story of All of Us

Discovering fire and farming; building cities and pyramids; inventing trade; discovering iron.

With the discovery of iron, ordinary folk gain the power to overthrow tyrants.

Jesus of Nazareth is crucified in the city of Jerusalem and gives birth to a global religion.

Europe enters a dark age when Rome is sacked by barbarians and two new forces remake the world.

Genghis Khan sweeps south from Mongolia into China and creates a mighty empire; the Plague wreaks havoc in Asia and Europe.

Gold from Africa kickstarts the rebirth of Europe; the development of guns In China allows a peasant uprising to unify the country.

The Aztecs build a mighty empire that dominates Central America; Constantinople is overrun by an Islamic army; the Spanish open up the largest silver mine in the world; the Pilgrims come to the New World.

The Spanish open up the largest silver mine in the world; the Pilgrims come to the New World looking for freedom.

Mankind tames the wilderness; American revolutionaries confront a mighty empire; the American Revolution; the Industrial Revolution.

Mankind tames the wilderness; ancient traditions are swept away in the name of science; American revolutionaries confront a mighty empire.

The end of the Civil War allows mankind to go into overdrive; Japan goes from feudal society to industrial superpower within 50 years; the demand for rubber devastates Africa; a titanic disaster.

Mankind takes on godlike powers to feed billions of people, reshape the landscape and re-engineer the human body.