About Our Earth's History
Our Earth’s History is an independent, ad-free reference on world history. Every article sits on one tree: a continent, an era, and a place in time. Read one article, and the ones around it — same continent, same century, the neighbours across the sea — are one click away.
What we cover
Seven regions (Africa, West Asia, Europe, East Asia, South Asia, the Americas, Oceania) across seven eras, from the first cities to the twentieth century. We add articles where the tree is thin, not where the news is loud.
Who makes it
Articles are edited by Song Letter, the pen name of the site’s editor, who chooses the subjects, sets the questions and reviews every piece before it goes up. Drafts are written with AI assistance from the sources listed at the end of each piece, then checked against those sources before publication. Most images are photographs of places and museum objects, credited under each; the few AI-generated historical reconstructions are labelled as such. See How we make it for the full process.
Record so far
- Online since September 20, 2026.
- 375 articles, 61 year snapshots and 12 illustrated stories published.
- 3,539 distinct sources linked from those pages.
- 16 corrections published on the Corrections page.
- Listed in MERLOT, an open library of teaching materials, with the year snapshot of AD 1550 (October 7, 2026; the listing).
These figures are counted each time the site is rebuilt.
What we do not do
We do not run advertising or sell data. We measure basic traffic so we know what to write next, and say how on the Privacy page. We do not publish claims we cannot trace to a source. Where historians disagree, we say so rather than picking a side.
Contact
Corrections and questions: see Corrections.