No. 01 · c. 1162 – 1227
Genghis Khan
A Slave at 15. Khan at 40. Buried Where No One Will Ever Find Him.
Era 3
Medieval
Crowns, crusades, and conquest
Charlemagne crowned on Christmas Day, Genghis Khan burning cities into silence, Joan of Arc riding through the Loire in armor nobody had forged for a girl. The medieval centuries look dark only from a distance — up close, they are a thousand years of cathedrals, caliphates, and competing visions of God. First-person biographies of the rulers, mystics, and outsiders who shaped a world held together by faith and the sword.
Chronicles in this era
No. 02 · c. 780 CE – c. 850 CE
Al-Khwarizmi
The Man Who Invented Algebra
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No. 03 · c. 854 – 925
Al-Razi
The Physician Who Doubted Galen
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No. 05 · c. 1364 – c. 1430
Christine de Pizan
The Woman Who Invented the Author
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No. 06 · c. 1265 – 1321
Dante Alighieri
The Poet Who Mapped the Afterlife
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No. 07 · c. 742 AD – 814 AD
Charlemagne
The King Who United Europe
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No. 08 · 1304 – c. 1368
Ibn Battuta
The Man Who Walked the World
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No. 09 · 1332 – 1406
Ibn Khaldun
The Man Who Discovered History
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No. 11 · 1098 – 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
The Sibyl of the Rhine
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No. 14 · c. 980 CE – 1037 CE
Ibn Sina
The Prince of Physicians
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No. 15 · c. 570 CE – 632 CE
Muhammad
The Prophet Who United Arabia
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No. 17 · 882 CE – 942 CE
Saadia Gaon
The Father of Jewish Philosophy
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No. 18 · c. 1217 – c. 1255
Sundiata Keita
The Lion Who Founded an Empire
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No. 19 · c. 1280 – c. 1337
Mansa Musa
The King Who Broke the World's Gold Market
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No. 20 · c. 1418 CE – 1471 CE
Pachacuti
The Earth-Shaker Who Built an Empire
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No. 21 · c. 788 CE – c. 820 CE
Shankara
The Man Who Reclaimed the Infinite
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No. 22 · c. 1371 – 1433
Zheng He
The Admiral Who Reached the Ends of the Earth
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No. 23 · c. 1028 – 1087
William the Conqueror
The Bastard Who Took a Kingdom
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No. 24 · 1130 – 1200
Zhu Xi
The Philosopher Who Became a Sage
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