All Of Human History, In Order, In Just One Day

Your Chronological Crash Course

Click the episodes below for links and sources

Welcome to World History 24! Our goal with this series is to give listeners a place to start. It can feel intimidating to study history, but we believe you can gain a good sense of the broad timeline without a massive commitment. We hope this website can be a place to delve deeper into any topics that pique your interest. We are so glad you are here!

World History 24

Featured
Hour 1 | 3,300,000 - 4000 BCE
Hour 1 | 3,300,000 - 4000 BCE

Welcome to World History 24 · First Use of Stone Tools · Early Human Groups · Fire · Out of Africa 1 & 2 · Neanderthals · Oldest Instruments · Last Humans on Earth · Ice Ages & Water Levels · Bering Strait Land Bridge · Agriculture · Çatalhöyük · Copper Metallurgy · The Problems with “Civilization”

Hour 2 | 4000 - 1700 BCE
Hour 2 | 4000 - 1700 BCE

“The Five Cradles of Civilization” · Sumer and Akkad in Mesopotamia · Writing Systems · Hammurabi’s Code · Norte Chico/Caral · Ancient Egypt · How to “Unite” a Land · Indus Valley/Harappa · Xia Dynasty · Origins of Dynastic China · What is a Civilization?

Hour 3 | 1700 - 1200 BCE
Hour 3 | 1700 - 1200 BCE

The Late Bronze Age · Shang Dynasty · Origin of Chinese Characters · Legend of Atlantis · Minoans · Mycenaeans and the Minotaur · Kingdom of Kerma · Poverty Point · Pyramids in Louisiana · The Austronesian Expansion · What Makes “A People?”

Hour 4 | 1200 - 800 BCE
Hour 4 | 1200 - 800 BCE

Bronze Age Collapse · Sea People · Oldest Surviving Melody: Hurrian Hymn No. 6 · Iron Age · Assyrian Empire · Canaan · Origins of Israel and Judah · Legend of the Lost Tribes of Israel · Vedic period · Hinduism · Olmecs · Corn

Hour 5 | 800 - 575 BCE
Hour 5 | 800 - 575 BCE

Bantu Expansion · Iron Working in Central and Southern Africa · Fall of Assyria · Ashurbanipal’s Library · Babylon · Siege of Jerusalem · Babylonian Captivity · Phoenicians · Carthage Founded · Invention of the Alphabet · Kingdom of Kush · 25th Dynasty of Egypt

Hour 6 | 575 - 480 BCE
Hour 6 | 575 - 480 BCE

Indo-European Language Family · Celts · Buddha · Buddhism · Spring and Autumn · Confucius · Contention of the Hundred Schools of Thought · Cyrus · Persian Empire · Behistun Inscription · Zoroastrianism · New Discovery in Ecuador

Season 2
Season 2

[ Season 2 Airs 2025 ]