Ages Untold

Chronicles of Lives

More than 53,000 historical figures from China and the world, arranged on one timeline: who they were, what they did, and who lived at the same time.

What it is

Timeline: dynasty colour bands and year markers, with cards sized by fame.
Era Slice: drag the year slider and see a different set of lives fill the screen.
Relationship walk: follow family, ruler–subject, teacher–student, and friendship links.
Historical events: 200 turning points from China and the world, with causes, course, outcome, impact, and the people present.
Topics and Undercover: curated collections for browsing, and a party game for one phone.

Data and images

Names, dates, offices, and family relations come from Wikidata open data (CC0). Historical events are written by hand. Historical portraits come from Wikimedia Commons. Character illustrations are AI-generated impressions, not historical portraits, and are labelled as such in the app and on share images.

The curve and density on the timeline reflect how much historical record survives, not population and not who mattered more.

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