Chronocarto

A Spatiotemporal Atlas of Human Conflict

Interstate

Civil

Religious

Insurgency

Genocide

Colonial

Raid

Succession

About Chronocarto

A spatiotemporal atlas of human conflict. Scrub through 5,000 years of history and watch wars bloom and recede across geography.

Data Sources

This dataset is curated from established scholarly and historical sources including:

UCDP/PRIO — Uppsala Conflict Data Program (modern conflicts, 1946–present)
Correlates of War — Interstate and civil wars (1816–present)
Brecke Conflict Catalog — Historical conflicts (1400–present)
Seshat Databank — Deep history conflicts
Wikipedia / scholarly literature — Individual battle and war records

Casualty figures are shown as ranges reflecting scholarly uncertainty. Dates marked "approximate" or "disputed" indicate limited historical precision.

Controls

Timeline — Drag the thumbs or the highlighted range
Play — Animates a 100-year window through time (Space)
Arrow keys — Step timeline (Shift for bigger steps)
Click a circle — View conflict details
Era presets — Quick jump to a period