Welcome

A hand holds up a glowing digital globe with interconnected nodes and lines, symbolizing global connectivity, against a sunset sky.
A drawing of a male figure with outstretched arms and legs inside a circle and a square, illustrating human proportions. The sketch is done in a classical, Renaissance style.

Welcome to WisdomMaps: The Future of the Past!

WisdomMaps represent a new take on the old idea of “mind maps”. Invented in the Near East 2,000 years ago and popularized by Leonardo da Vinci as a way to unify knowledge, mind maps work by emulating the thought processes of the human mind. Because of their non-linear design, mind maps go where linear thinking cannot.

WisdomMaps bring Leonardo’s brain-child into the 21st century by showing 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 in history.

What’s more, this patented and proven multi-lingual learning technology makes it possible for academically-qualified international students anywhere to earn a degree from an American college or university of their choosing, without the need for any proficiency in the English language and without the need to come to the United States to study.

WisdomMaps can enable American higher education to become more accessible to the world, and history to become more accessible to today’s visual learners. I invite you to 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!

“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.”

— Winston Churchill

Let us not forget the lesson of history: democracy is a fragile flower. Some 2,500 years ago, democracy thrived in ancient Greece… for less than 200 years. It then disappeared for another 2,300 years… before re-emerging late in the 20th century. Is it soon to be lost to us for several millennia more?

—Yours Truly

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Sampler Gallery

Here’s a couple of samples to open up and wander and wonder with. We invite you to further sample the entire WisdomMaps collection of several thousands of maps, ranging through all aspects of the world’s story and its peoples and cultures. Subscribe now for access to our many courses and their myriad maps… and enjoy!

(Heads up: We use a third-party app, MindMeister, to display the maps… which display by default at 100% (too big). I recommend using the sizing widget you’ll see to display the maps at 60-75%.)

A tall, narrow waterfall cascades down a lush, green mountainside partially covered in mist, surrounded by dense tropical vegetation and trees, including a prominent palm in the foreground.

The Pacific: Hawaii

Cave painting depicting large bulls, horses, and deer in earthy tones on a rough stone surface; the artwork shows dynamic animal figures and is part of ancient prehistoric cave art.

Pre-History: Paleolithic Era

Abstract artwork featuring overlapping, curved brown shapes outlined in white, resembling stylized leaves or feathers, set within a square frame on a white background.

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Our Courses

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

You are invited to partake of HistoryBits: 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:

terrence@wisdommaps.info

Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man drawing shows a nude male figure with arms and legs extended in different positions, inscribed in a circle and a square, illustrating ideal human proportions.