The empires flicker. The lights stay on. The argument continues till dawn...
A people can carry its civilisation in a book. The thread holds...
THE BEGINNING
c. 1700 BCEThree thousand years · five tracks · one thread
The Unbroken Thread
Scroll or drag to walk - or take the guided walk. Use the arrow keys, tap a year-bead, or choose a lane to swing your stance.Swipe up and down to walk the years - swipe left or right to change track. Tap a plate to read it, or take the guided walk.Three thousand years, and still going
The thread holds, today.
Empires rose across every one of these tracks and fell away. The argument carried on. The lamp was lit again the next night, and the next. You have just walked the length of it - and the tracks run on past you, into tomorrow.