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Umbrella Directory

This project is an Umbrella Directory Project to help teleport Geni members to experience and explore the evolution of mankind vis-à-vis virtually providing historical context to profiles and projects on Geni.

Science, - Religion, - Politics, - Culture, - Historical Notables, - Major Historical Events, - Rise and Decline of World Powers, - Art, - Music, -Philosophy, - Mathematics - Medicine - Technological Advances -Information & Media (Payprus Texts to Text Messaging)

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ONLINE TIMELINES

Interactive Timelines World Project

Timelines of History by Country

Timeline Index: Who, What, When, Where . . .

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Geni International Projects Index

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HISTORICAL PERIODS:

Ancient (3300 BCE - 600 CE)

Middle Ages (406–1499)

Modern (1500–1899)

Contemporary (1900 – present)

Ancient Civilizations (3000/9000 BCE – 510 BCE)

Middle Ages (IV – XV centuries, including The Dark Middle Ages (Feudalism: IV - VIII centuries)

Modern Period (1500-1899)

*The Renaissance (1400's – 1600's)

*Age of Discovery (or Exploration) (1500's – 1700's)

*The Age of Enlightenment (or Reason) (1800's)

*Modern era' (1800's – 20th century)

Contemporary Era (1900 - 2000)

* World War I (1914 CE – 1918 CE) - Great Black Migration (U.S.)

*1918 Influenze Pandemic

* Interwar period (1918 CE – 1939 CE) - Great Black Migration (U.S.)

* Roaring Twenties (1920 CE – 1929 CE) - Great Black Migration (U.S.)

* Great Depression (1929 CE – World War II) - Great Black Migration (U.S.)

* Space Age (after 1957)

The New Millennium (2000 - Present)

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COUNTRIES & NATIONS (by CONTINENTS):

AFRICA

NORTH AFRICA

Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Morocco

Sudan

Tunisia

Western Sahara

WEST AFRICA

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Saint Helena (UK)

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

MIDDLE AFRICA

Angola

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Dem. Rep. (Kinshasa)

Congo, Rep. (Brazzaville)

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

São Tomé & Príncipe

EASTERN AFRICA

Burundi

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mozambique

Réunion (France)

Rwanda

Seychelles

Somalia and Somaliland

SSD South Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Botswana

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

OCEANIA

Australia

Micronesia

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Nauru

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

ASIA

THE ORIENT

China

  • Chinese Emperors
  • Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (China, 420 CE – 960 CE),
  • Ming Dynasty (China, 220 CE – 1644 CE)
  • Qing dynasty (China, 1644 CE – 1912 CE)

Japan

Mongolia

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Tibet

SOUTH ASIA

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

MIDDLE EAST

Bahrain

Egypt

(see under NORTH AFRICA)

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Palestinian Authority

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

EUROPE

EASTERN EUROPE

Belarus

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Hungary

Moldova

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovakia

Ukraine

NORTHERN RUROPE

United Kingdom - England

United Kingdom - Scotland

United Kingdom - Wales

Ireland

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Iceland

Channel Islands

Isle of Man

Faeroe Islands

SCANDINAVIA

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

WESTERN EUROPE

Austria

Belgium

France

Germany

Lichtenstein

Luxemburg

Monaco

Netherlands

Switzerland

SOUTHERN EUROPE

Albania

Andorra

Bosnia and Herzegovina===,

Croatia

Cyprus

Gibraltar

Greece

Italy

Kosovo

Malta

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Portugal

San Marino

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Vatican City (Holy See)

AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Canada

United States

AFRICAN AMERICAN NOTABLES

Mexico

CENTRAL AMERICA

Cuba

Haiti

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

Trinidad-Tobago

SOUTH AMERICA (Latin America)

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Columbia

Ecuador

Guatamala

Uruguay

Paraguay

Peru

Venezuela

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ART

CINEMA / ENTERTAINMENT

CONQUERORS & GREAT MILITARY LEADERS

HISTORICAL NOTABLES

MATHEMATICS (Prizes winners)

MUSIC

PHILOSOPHY

PHYSICIANS, MEDICINE

RELIGION

Bahai history (1817 - present)

Bible

Buddhism (563 BCE – present)

Christianity (Jesus 6 BCE – present)

Founders of religious traditions (2300 BCE – present)

Hinduism

Islam (Mohammed 545 CE–present)

Judaism (Abraham -- present)

Mormonism (Joseph Smith Jr. 1820 - present)

Religious Leaders (400CE–present)

Saints

Society of Friends (Quakers)

SCIENCE

SOVERIGN DYNASTIES - WESTERN EUROPE

WARS & CONFLICTS

Wars before 1000
Wars 1000-1499
Wars 1500-1799
Wars 1800-1899

Wars 1900-1944

Wars 1945-1989
Wars 1990-2002
'Wars 2003-2010
Wars 2011-Present

WRITERS

Middle East - Islamic History

Kashmir

Middle East - Jewish History

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