Places in History is an ongoing venture by HistoryWorld and TimeSearch to place in geographical context the events of greatest significance or fame in world history. They can be viewed either in Google Maps or in Google Earth. As yet only two continents, Africa and America, are available

The popup resulting from a click on a placemark lists chronologically the main events that have taken place there. From within each popup a link leads to background information on that event. Usually the link will lead to the appropriate section in one of the narrative histories in HistoryWorld. If the event does not yet feature in HistoryWorld, the link will go to a related article, usually in Wikipedia. Each map also has a link to a related timeline in TimeSearch.

Note To see the maps in Google Earth, you need to have in your computer the magnificent (and free) Google Earth software. If you want to do so, download Google Earth now. The maps are available at a click in Google Maps (click on Map in the menu).