An open-source interactive history encyclopedia covering 249 concise historical subtopics across six continents, each divided into three eras: Classical, Medieval, and Pre/Colonial. Every topic is written and fact-checked by me, with two to four sources to read further. Live at thehistoryweb.org - over 10,000 visits in the last 30 days.
The homepage - old-scroll styling, grain and CRT effects done in plain CSS.
Main features
An interactive SVG+JS map: pick a continent, then an era, then a subtopic.
A specially-designed portal image for every era of every continent, made from historical images of that time and place.
Ancient text characters flowing across the screen, each drawn by hand from real manuscripts - ancient Chinese, Egyptian, Persian, Levantine, and more.
Every subtopic page carries a two-part overview, up to 4 source links, and a reference picture.
An articles page for student writing, peer-reviewed and fact-checked first, with submissions via an embedded form.
Touch-screen and mobile friendly layout, custom cursor, hover animations, and a loading sequence.
Clickable quirks: the logo plays an ambient storm; the soldier in the corner changes illustration on every click.
Numbers
249 topics · 6 continents · 3 eras each · 2-4 sources per topic
