This is a fine site for understanding Chronologic History
http://www.datesofhistory.com/
Please see reference aids at sites below
www.hyperhistory.com Author: Andreas Nothig
Developed a World History Chart. He states, “I called it a Synchronoptic Time Map.”
Synchronoptical means “seeing at the same time”, or more exactly ‘parallel views’.The purpose of the new chart was to provide a perspective of world history, to provide a sense for the flow of time.
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