Before

history did not happen in the order you think.

which came first? the timeline answers

Assuming the everyday, later-feeling thing must have come after its more advanced-seeming counterpart is often just a guess dressed up as common sense — real invention dates do not always follow that instinct. Each round plots the actual years on a timeline, so what corrects the assumption is the calendar, not a lecture.

Concepts: history, chronology.

An interactive you play with one thumb, on Wundr.