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The classical world, one era at a time

Each guide drops you into a place and a century: what you would see, the stories people told, how the language sounded (with Maya’s reconstructed reading), and where to stand today. New guides arrive in series order.

  1. No. 1 · c. 100 BC – AD 200

    Rome in the age of Latin

    Latin · Italy, Vatican City, France, Spain, United Kingdom

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Latin session with Maya.

  2. No. 2 · c. 500 – 300 BC

    Athens and the Greek world

    Ancient Greek · Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Türkiye

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Ancient Greek session with Maya.

  3. No. 3 · c. 1500 – 1100 BC (New Kingdom)

    Pharaohs on the Nile

    Ancient Egyptian · Egypt

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Ancient Egyptian session with Maya.

  4. No. 4 · c. 800 – 1100

    The Norse world

    Old Norse · Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Old Norse session with Maya.

  5. No. 5 · c. 700 – 1066

    Anglo-Saxon England

    Old English · United Kingdom

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Old English session with Maya.

  6. No. 6 · c. 1350 – 1450

    Chaucer’s England

    Middle English · United Kingdom

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Middle English session with Maya.

  7. No. 7 · c. 1200 – 500 BC

    Vedic India

    Sanskrit · India, Nepal

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Sanskrit session with Maya.

  8. No. 8 · c. 500 – 200 BC

    The early Buddhist world

    Pali · Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Pali session with Maya.

  9. No. 9 · c. 500 BC – AD 200

    Scholars of classical China

    Classical Chinese · China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Classical Chinese session with Maya.

  10. No. 10 · c. 1000 – 500 BC

    Kingdom and temple in ancient Israel

    Biblical Hebrew · Israel

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Biblical Hebrew session with Maya.

  11. No. 11 · c. 600 BC – AD 100

    The lingua franca of empires

    Aramaic (Imperial and Biblical) · Israel, Syria, Iraq

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Aramaic (Imperial and Biblical) session with Maya.

  12. No. 12 · c. 3000 – 2000 BC

    Sumer: the first cities

    Sumerian · Iraq

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Sumerian session with Maya.

  13. No. 13 · c. 1800 – 600 BC

    Babylon and Assyria

    Akkadian · Iraq, Syria

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Akkadian session with Maya.

  14. No. 14 · c. AD 300 – 1000

    Christian Egypt

    Coptic · Egypt

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Coptic session with Maya.

  15. No. 15 · c. AD 200 – 800

    Monks of the Syriac east

    Classical Syriac · Syria, Iraq, Türkiye, Lebanon, India

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Classical Syriac session with Maya.

  16. No. 16 · c. AD 350 – 550

    Gothic kingdoms

    Gothic · Italy, Spain, Ukraine

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Gothic session with Maya.

  17. No. 17 · c. AD 860 – 1100

    Saints Cyril and Methodius

    Old Church Slavonic · Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Old Church Slavonic session with Maya.

  18. No. 18 · c. 1400 – 1600

    Tenochtitlan

    Classical Nahuatl · Mexico

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Classical Nahuatl session with Maya.

  19. No. 19 · c. 1500 – 1900

    Ottoman Istanbul

    Ottoman Turkish · Türkiye

    Coming soon. Start the language now: free Ottoman Turkish session with Maya.

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