WisdomMaps


Welcome to WisdomMaps: The Future of the Past!


mind maps of history: Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci

WisdomMaps are a new take on the old idea of “mind maps”. These were invented in the Near East 2,000 years ago and popularized by Leonardo da Vinci as a way to unify knowledge, and they work by emulating the thought processes of the human mind. Because of their non-linear design, WisdomMaps go where linear thinking cannot. They show how information fits together to create meaning, in a multimedia presentation of pictures, videos, websites, and more. Images make it easy to retain information because they tell a story. And good story-telling is important with teaching history.

WisdomMaps bring Leonardo’s brain-child into the 21st century, since it’s time that history finds a way that works for today’s visual learners.

The WisdomMaps Collection

Click on any of the links in the Sampler Gallery below to open a map and begin to wander and wonder. The WisdomMaps collection includes several thousands of maps that range through all aspects of the world’s story and its peoples and cultures. Join us as we redeem history from the dustbin of traditional learning and bring it into the 21st century… where even history deserves a place!





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Our Courses


View Samples for each of our courses listed below.


Pre-History


Near East/Middle East


Ancient Egypt | Ancient Near East | Persia


Ottoman Empire | Modern Middle East | Judaism


Africa


Early Africa | Colonial Africa | Modern Africa


The Americas


Early Americas | Colonial Latin America | Modern Latin America


Asia


China | Japan | Korea | India | Southeast Asia


The Pacific


Australia and New Zealand | Pacific Islands | Hawai’i


CLASSICAL WORLD


Ancient Greece | Ancient Rome | Byzantine Empire


Pre-Modern West


Late Antiquity | Middle Ages | Renaissance | Reformation | Global Empires | Scientific Revolution | 17th Century West | 18th Century West | Enlightenment | French Revolution | Industrial Revolution | Russia | The West 1800 – 1850 |  The West 1850 – 1871 | The West 1871 – 1894 | The West 1894 – 1914


Modern West


The Great War | Inter-War Years | World War II | Cold War | Modern Europe


United States


Early United States History | Modern United States History | African-American History


World Religions


Christianity | Judaism | Islam | Religions of India | Chinese Social Philosophy | Religion in Japan | Other Dimensions of World Religions


Ethical Philosophy


Please pay a visit to HistoryBits, my observations of history, as seen through a glass darkly.



Hi, I’m Terrence Monroe, managing director of WisdomMaps.info. Thank you for your interest! You can reach me with any comments or questions at:

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