ThatWasHistory is an online history guide. We have presented history on a sliding timeline in an attempt to make it easier to scan a large range of time for any given topic in history, then dig in a little deeper when something is of more interest to you.
Most of the information presented on this website comes from Wikipedia. Links are provided with each topic and item to the the source article on Wikipedia where appropriate. Content from Wikipedia is used under the Creative Commons License.
Check Wikipedia and Creative Commons License for details, but in simple terms this means you are free to use and redistribute any information from this website which is subject to the Creative Commons License.
We are not in any way endorsed by Wikipedia.
As stated above, most of the information presented on this website comes from Wikipedia.
We provide links to the relevant source articles and other articles for additional reading.
We encourage you to visit Wikipedia. We also encourage those with the knowledge and interest to contribute content. Let us know about any history related content you have added to Wikipedia if you would like it added to our timeline view of history.
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