We are often asked about our bias or agenda in terms of the selection of historical events presented in the World History Timeline.

The person who created the timeline (that's me) is a white Australian male, and because I often appear in the advertising for our products, some people automatically assume that the Timeline presents a "Western" or "Patriarchal" version of history, written by the victors (usually assumed to be white males) who at various times in the past, subjected the indigenous peoples they conquered to all manner of atrocities, and wrote their histories in a way that justifies their presumed superiority.

There are many approaches one can take to the study of history, from the strictly academic all the way to just listening to interesting stories of the past. Personally, I find it fascinating to read about and listen to the stories of the events and people of the past who have been responsible for creating the world we live in today.

The simplest way I can suggest an unbiased approach has been taken in the production of the World History Timeline, is to point to some statistics.

Of the more than 19,000 entries in the Timeline, there are around 7,500 entries covering Europe and North America. There are over 5,500 entries covering the history of Asia, Africa, Central America and South America.

In addition, the Timeline contains over 6,000 entries covering the history of Science, the Arts, Philosophy and Religion from all parts of the world.

Quite a few social media comments make the assumption that the Timeline is basically history from an American and/or "White"/European perspective.

Well, as interesting as US and European history is (and there is a lot of it in the Timeline) the numbers above point to a balanced approach in compiling the events which have been included in the World History Timeline.