A visual reminder of the (rather vast) human history, and Egypt’s early starring role: This video shared by Visual Capitalist (watch, runtime: 19:07) gives a neat overview of human history and civilization from the first appearance of modern humans in around 200,000 BCE. Although the first signs of early civilization in 67,000 BCE were in southern Africa, Egypt was declared the first advanced civilization in around 3150 BCE and holds claim to many of the most impressive achievements of the ancient world, including the establishment of a numeral system (3350 BCE), the development of the 365-day calendar (2860 BCE) and the building of the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx (roughly 2570-2460 BCE).

Other highlights for history geeks: The rise and fall of empires including Greece, Rome, China, Turkey, India, the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates and the Mongols. A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment shows the impact of the Black Death on the global population, which fell significantly from 424 mn in 1348 to 376 mn in 1359 thanks to the deadly disease. Meanwhile, moving into the modern era, you can see how the population has skyrocketed in the last century: from 1.1 bn in 1830 to 7 bn in 2016.