A 2,700-Year
Schematic
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Can 2,700 years be held in a single map and chronology?
This volume in 3 minutes
- The materials of this school are divided into 19 routes (volumes) and over 700 chapters. This book is designed to provide a single-page overview of what is where. It is structured not with photographs, but with a grid, a timeline, and numerical tables.
- The vertical axis represents the 12 stages (from pre-coinage money to digital currency). The horizontal axis represents the 19 routes. Each cell in the grid shows "the number of stops that a given route discusses for that stage."
- On the page for each stage, we list the chapters placed in that stage (route, chapter title, date range), the number of actual objects belonging to that stage, and the textbooks that cover it.
- The timeline rearranges the chapters by century. For the same century, what other courses narrate is displayed side-by-side.
- The numerical tables are a recount of the number of stops, chapters, objects, terms, and historical sources, broken down by stage, route, and material. All numbers are values at the time of publication, counted from the ledger; if the ledger grows, the gate will fall and they will be regenerated.
- Ledger: Routes 19・Chapters 738・Stops 3033・Objects 436・Glossary 461・Sources 338・Textbooks 19.
Table of Contents
- IntroHow to Use This Schematic
- 1Map — 12 Stages × 19 Routes
- 2S0 Pre-Coinage Money
- 3S1 Ancient Coinage
- 4S2 World Empires
- 5S3 The Three Worlds of the Middle Ages
- 6S4 The Globalization of Silver
- 7S5 Banks and National Debt
- 8S6 The World of the Gold Standard
- 9S7 Wars and Depressions
- 10S8 The Age of the Dollar
- 11S9 Money Without Gold
- 12S10 Modern Money (2008–)
- 13S11 Digital Currency
- 14Chronology — Aligning chapters horizontally by century
- OutroWhere to Go from This Schematic
- Back MatterSUMMARY / DATA / QUESTIONS / DRILL / SOURCES / INDEX / REVISION HISTORY
The materials of this school are structured on the principle of starting with a single coin and connecting it all the way to modern money. The content is divided into 19 routes (volumes), each with its own chapters and stops. There are over 3,000 stops in total, and a guide is needed to read through them. This book is a map for holding that guide on a single page.
The vertical axis represents the 12 stages. Following the divisions of the overall curriculum map (September 3, 2026, v1.2), they range from pre-coinage money, ancient currency, world empires, the three worlds of the Middle Ages, the globalization of silver, banks and government bonds, the world of the gold standard, wars and depressions, the age of the dollar, money without gold, modern money, to digital currency. The horizontal axis represents the 19 routes. Each cell in the grid shows the number of stops that a given route discusses for that stage; clicking it takes you to that route.
On the stage pages, we list the chapters, the number of objects, and the textbooks. On the chronology pages, we realign the chapters horizontally by century. On the numerical table pages, we recount the numbers of stops, chapters, objects, terms, and historical sources. The dates of the stops are machine-read from the 'era' field of each stop; stops that cannot be read (such as 'End of the Journey,' 'Letter to the Future,' etc.) are counted as 'unreadable' and excluded from the count. The boundaries between stages are set by the years on the map, and whether a stop just before or after a boundary falls into one stage or the other can change with a single interpretation of the year. Please read the boundaries as a range.
Map — 12 Stages × 19 Routes
The vertical axis represents stages, the horizontal axis routes. Each cell shows the number of stops that a given route discusses for that stage. An empty cell indicates that the route has no stops in that stage. Stops whose dates could not be read are not included in the count.
Open to enrolled students
Ahead: S1 Ancient Coinage, S2 World Empires, S3 The Three Worlds of the Middle Ages, S4 The Globalization of Silver, S5 Banking and National Debt, S6 The World of the Gold Standard, S7 War and Depression, S8 The Dollar Era, S9 Money without Gold, S10 Modern Money (2008–), S11 Digital Currency, Chronology — Arranging chapters side-by-side for each century — and the reference section (timeline, people, sources).
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