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Human history to scale: where is Lanna?
About 300,000 years of Homo sapiens on one ribbon, drawn to true scale. Zoom in step by step down to the Lanna era; pins for key world and Lanna events carry notes and sources, and the widget shows what share of the view Lanna takes up.
How to use it
Press a time-span button to zoom; tap a pin or the list below for details and sources. The red strip is Lanna.
What it teaches
The real size of time: written history, and Lanna within it, are a thin final slice of the human story.
Options
| Option | Values | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| opening zoom | Lanna era · 5,500 years (since writing) | The span shown at the start (omitted = 300,000 years) |
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