Explore battles, philosophers, inventions and more on an interactive 3D map. Filter by era and category to see how history unfolds across the globe. Powered by a custom AI data factory. **Desktop only for now**
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I’m Yam, the maker of Globe of History.
**Desktop only for now**
This project started from a personal frustration. I was planning a trip to Greece and looking at Google Maps. All I could see were restaurants, hotels, and supermarkets. I kept thinking, "Socrates and Plato were right here. Great battles happened on this ground. Where are those pins?"
I wanted to see the history of the place, not just the commerce.
🌐 What it is: An interactive 3D globe that visualizes 6,000+ years of history. You can drag the timeline, or filter by categories like:
⚔️ Battles & Wars
🧠 Philosophers
💡 Inventions & Discoveries
💀 Assassinations
⚙️ How it works (The Tech): The biggest challenge wasn't the map; it was the data. There is no clean "history.csv" file. I built a 3-step AI Data Factory:
Collector: Scripts that crawl Wikipedia/Wikidata to find and verify real events (so the AI doesn't hallucinate).
Generator: Gemini AI writes engaging, narrative content for each event.
Verifier: A second AI agent fact-checks the content against source documents.
It’s still in beta, and the data is a constant work-in-progress.
I’d love your feedback:
There is about 15,000 events, How is the performance on your device?
Thanks for exploring! 🌍
This is amazing! I showed this to my history teacher today and he was just as thrilled as me. It's a great tool for students to link events to places and also just visualize the timeline better, instead of pointlessly learning a list of dates and events. I'll definitely be using and sharing this around!
I can really appreciate this project! Interested to see where it goes as far as collecting data, ensuring it's all accurate, etc. as the other commenters mention.
Performance is good. Even with all events added it was fine to use, just a little laggy when moving the globe due to events populating but after initial load it ran relatively smoothly again. Really cool to see all these events where they actually occured.
Give it a try! It handles the load surprisingly well. Even if you select the full range (-4000 to 2025) with all categories active-which is roughly 15,000+ events—it stays responsive. it’s obviously not 100% flawless and depends heavily on your internet connection
Interesting idea @yamsasson . I’m curious how smooth the globe feels when loading large clusters of events at once. Does it stay responsive as you scroll through long timelines?
This is a great tool! I hope you continue to gather more data points and explore additional UX options.
Congrats on the launch! This is such a refreshing idea, it actually makes history feel alive instead of just something we read in textbooks. The 3D map + timeline combo is super immersive.
One thing I’m curious about: with so many events loaded in, which category did people explore the most during your beta battles, philosophers, or inventions?
Awesome idea. Where do you fetch the new data from? Can we upload our own?
Man, this is brilliant idea – students should use it in the lessons of history. Is there a possibility to add some historical events by users?
Congratulations on the launch, Yam!
When the AI collects and verifies historical information, how do you make sure the details are not influenced by biased or incomplete sources on Wikipedia or Wikidata? Do you have any manual review or quality control in place or is the verification fully automated right now?
