Who grows the world's wheat?
Sixty years of grain — and the country that quietly grew its way to the top.
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12 real historical turning points — Thermopylae 480 BC, the Domesday Book 1086, the fall of Constantinople 1453 — folded into one scored campaign. Built on the same datasets that power our daily bar chart races.
Built from primary sources
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Empires is a roguelite campaign across 12 real turning points in history, 480 BC to 1453. You never die — your run score only raises the stakes — while you allocate a tech tree mid-match and stack mutators that multiply what the run is worth. Supplies you earn buy permanent perks, and a daily challenge posts your result to a server leaderboard.
Every day
A new set every day, server-scored, one attempt — then the leaderboard settles it.
One real turning point from the campaign, same for everyone today. Buy, build, end your turn — auto-combat settles it.
Play today's challenge →10 flags, four choices each. Fewer gimmes than you think.
Play Flags →A 300-word summary, then 5 questions on what it actually said. No trivia, just reading.
Play Books →Who led power, wealth, or population in a given year? Same datasets as the videos.
Play Races →Find 10 countries on a world map. Click or type.
Play Map →Bones, organs and body systems. 10 questions, four choices each.
Play Anatomy →Odd word out, then the etymology behind it. 5 rounds, a new story every time.
Play Roots →Every daily counts toward your 🔥 streak, ranks you on the day's leaderboard, and shares your result.
Sixty years of grain — and the country that quietly grew its way to the top.
125 years of laureates — institutions hold, but the prize map is shifting.
Twenty-five years of research output — and the year China crossed the line.
Two centuries of world GDP share — empires rise, empires fall.
A century of representation — slow, then sudden, then everywhere.
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CivDecoded turns real historical data into things you can play: a strategy campaign across 12 turning points, six daily quizzes, and a daily chart race. No editorializing — the data does the talking.
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