While empires require strategic planning and extensive infrastructure, they are also marked by war and oppression. How can we design new ways of being without either?

The fall of Constantinople leads to a scramble to find sea routes to the Indies. A series of accidents have impacts that ripple across space and time. How can we consider the future now?

As monarchies were being challenged, enslaved people were also fighting for freedom and to define the democracies where they lived. What was won? What is yet to be won?

Fueled by the gains of slavery, mechanical inventions bring increased production. How can we grow responsibly, stewarding wealth for future generations?

Freedom won, new relationship patterns emerged. People migrate, following resources. What does home look like for the traveler? How can we connect across difference?