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Use the top navigation to explore Jewish, Christian, or Islamic history. Each timeline starts at a different point in history.
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How to Explore Falling Into the Abyss
One History. Different Perspectives. This interactive history project explores conflicts, persecution, turning points, and connections involving Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities across centuries.
The goal is to help you understand what happened, who experienced it, and how accounts of the same history can differ—not to assign blame to an entire religion or present one community as having a single viewpoint.
Explore in six simple steps
Scroll to travel through time
On a timeline page, scroll down through the abyss. The falling figure and the historical events move with your journey. Scroll back up to revisit an earlier period.
Click an event to learn more
Select a dated event on the timeline. Read what happened, its historical context and aftermath. Some entries include statistics, connections to other events, or a map.
Find a specific year or topic
Use Explore Timeline to search for events, filter the timeline, or jump to a year instead of scrolling through every century.
See different perspectives
Open Different Perspectives and search for an event or year. Click a result, then switch between Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and evidence tabs to compare documented experiences and interpretations.
Review sources and uncertainty
Look for Sources & certainty within event details, and visit Method & Sources to understand how the project handles historical evidence, disputed claims, and limitations.
Common questions
Do I have to scroll through the entire timeline?
No. Use the search, filters, and year selection in Explore Timeline to move to a specific event or period.
Can I compare the same event across religions?
Yes. Choose Different Perspectives from the top navigation. Search for an event and select it to see the available accounts and source notes. Where links are historically verified, the site may also show connected records across timelines.
Is everything on the website a proven historical fact?
No. Some early accounts come from religious traditions, some claims remain disputed, and source coverage varies. Each event should be read together with its evidence and certainty notes.
Can I suggest a correction or missing event?
Absolutely. Use Contact & Feedback to suggest an event, share a source, or report a problem.