Source: Ripples of History
Ripples of History: interactive atlas of cause and effect
An interactive atlas of world history, from 1800 to 2026, that connects more than 550 events on a map through their causes and effects.
Ripples of History starts from a simple idea: nothing happened on its own. Every revolution, invention and crisis among its 550+ events set something else in motion, and the atlas shows more than 1,500 causal links you can follow.
Tap any event to see what caused it and what it set off, follow a thread to walk a chain of consequences around the world, or press play to watch two centuries ripple across the map. It also offers guided journeys, region stories and a game, Six Degrees.