Features

World History Explorer combines interactive learning tools with AI-powered experiences to make history engaging. Here is everything you can do.

Interactive Globe

Spin a 3D globe to discover civilizations across time and space. Select any region to reveal its historical periods, from ancient empires to the modern era. Zoom in on a civilization to meet its key figures and explore its defining moments.

The globe is your starting point for every learning journey. Each region contains modules organized by time period, with historical figures ready to guide you through the events that shaped their world. Filter by era, search for specific topics, or simply explore wherever curiosity takes you.

Region Exploration

Click any region on the globe to see its time periods, historical figures, and available modules.

Time Period Filtering

Focus on specific eras like Ancient, Classical, Medieval, or Modern to narrow your exploration.

Socratic Conversations

Talk with AI historical figures who guide you through concepts using questions rather than lectures.

Concept Tracking

Each module tracks which concepts you have covered, so you always know what you have learned and what remains.

AP Courses

Follow a structured curriculum aligned with the AP World History: Modern framework. Each unit is divided into sections and subsections with rich reading materials, primary sources, and guided learning activities designed to build deep understanding of historical themes.

Three learning modes give you different ways to engage with each subsection. Read structured content with images and primary source analysis. Visit relevant locations on the interactive globe. Or speak directly with historical figures who lived through the events you are studying.

Test your understanding with section quizzes, then practice AP essay writing with AI grading that uses real AP rubrics for DBQ (0-7), LEQ (0-6), and SAQ (0-3) formats. An AI tutor is available to help you improve your essays with targeted, context-aware feedback.

Read Mode

Structured content with images, key terms, primary source analysis, and progress tracking as you scroll.

Visit Mode

Navigate the globe to visit locations tied to the content you are studying.

Speak Mode

Have conversations with historical figures connected to the subsection topics.

AP Essay Writing

Practice DBQ, LEQ, and SAQ essays with AI grading using real AP rubrics and an AI tutor for feedback.

Trivia Arena

Test your history knowledge in solo practice mode or compete in real-time multiplayer matches. Questions span multiple categories and difficulty levels, drawn from the full breadth of world history topics available in the app.

Multiplayer trivia runs over WebSockets for instant, responsive gameplay. Compete head-to-head or in groups, track your performance on leaderboards, and challenge yourself across different topic categories.

Solo Practice

Practice at your own pace across any topic category to build knowledge.

Real-Time Multiplayer

Compete live against other players with instant scoring and leaderboard rankings.

Multiple Categories

Choose from a variety of history topics or play across all categories at once.

Historical Debate

Argue historical positions in structured debates. In solo mode, face off against an AI devil's advocate that challenges your arguments from the opposing side. A live AI moderator provides feedback on argument quality, evidence use, and logical reasoning after each round.

Multiplayer mode lets you debate 1v1 against another player in real-time, with an AI moderator and audience polling. Classroom mode allows teachers to set up debate topics for their students. All debates are rated with an Elo system that tracks your skill over time.

A balance scoring system evaluates how well each side presents its case, encouraging nuanced argumentation rather than one-sided rhetoric.

Solo vs AI

Debate an AI devil's advocate with moderator feedback and balance scoring.

Multiplayer 1v1

Real-time debates with live moderator, audience polls, and spectator mode.

Classroom Mode

Teachers can create debate topics and match students for structured practice.

Elo Rating System

Track your debate skill with a competitive rating that adjusts based on performance.

Historical Mysteries

Work together to solve historical mysteries in multiplayer cooperative sessions. Each mystery unfolds through multiple stage types: investigate physical clues, analyze historical images, make group decisions that affect the story, and cross-examine AI witnesses to uncover the truth.

AI-powered interrogation means every witness responds dynamically based on your questions. Mysteries are designed around real historical events and figures, blending detective gameplay with genuine historical learning. Lobbies support multiple players with turn-taking and session persistence.

Multiplayer Cooperative

Solve mysteries together with other players in real-time sessions with turn-taking.

Multiple Stage Types

Clue investigation, image analysis, group decisions, and cross-examination of witnesses.

AI Interrogation

Question AI-powered historical witnesses who respond dynamically to your line of inquiry.

Mythology Exploration

Explore the gods, heroes, and legends from mythologies across world civilizations. The interactive compendium lets you browse mythological figures, read their stories, and discover connections between different cultural traditions.

Each mythology tradition is presented with rich profiles, story narratives, and cross-cultural comparisons that reveal how different civilizations explained the world around them. From Greek Olympians to Norse gods to figures from Hindu, Egyptian, and Mesoamerican traditions.

Interactive Compendium

Browse mythological figures with detailed profiles, domains, and relationships.

Myth Stories

Read narrative retellings of famous myths from traditions around the world.

Cross-Cultural Connections

Discover parallels between mythological figures and stories across different civilizations.

Walk in Their Shoes

Step into the role of a historical figure and face the real dilemmas they confronted. Guided scenarios place you in specific historical moments where your decisions matter, from political crises to scientific breakthroughs to cultural turning points.

Each scenario provides historical context and presents you with choices that mirror the actual decisions these figures faced. Experience history from the inside and understand why people made the choices they did, given the constraints and knowledge of their time.

Guided Scenarios

Historically grounded scenarios that place you in specific moments with real context.

Historical Dilemmas

Face the actual choices and trade-offs that shaped historical outcomes.

Multiple Figures

Play as leaders, scientists, artists, and other figures from across world history.

Great Works

Discover and excavate the great artifacts and masterpieces of human achievement. From architectural marvels and scientific instruments to literary works and artistic masterpieces, each great work comes with rich historical context about its creation, significance, and lasting impact.

The excavation system adds a layer of discovery to learning. Uncover great works as you explore different regions and time periods, building a personal collection that spans the breadth of human creativity and ingenuity.

Artifact Discovery

Uncover historical artifacts and masterpieces as you explore the globe.

Rich Historical Context

Learn about the creation, significance, and impact of each great work.

Personal Collection

Build a collection of discovered works that tracks your exploration progress.