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HISTREE Walk through history.

Islamic history and the heritage of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf, side by side with the story of the world, in one connected walk through time.

In a VR headset’s browser (Meta Quest, Pico and others): open histree.net, choose Enter it in VR, then Enter VR.

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What it is

History in full, told from here.

Our history takes its full place beside the world’s, each seen in the light of the other. Made in Saudi Arabia with pride, and open to everyone who wants to walk through it.

  1. 01

    Move through time

    Walk from the first people to today in one connected line, Islamic and world history side by side. Every era opens as a world you can stand inside and look around.

  2. 02

    Enter the story

    Step into the moments themselves: the prophets, the First Saudi State, the building of the Great Pyramid. Cinematic scenes, on screen or in VR.

  3. 03

    Read and explore

    Open any entry for the full article, with the people and places around it. Every entry names its source, so you can trust what you read.

From the first people to today

Six of 25 eras

  1. A new, empty earth at dawn: a lake in a green valley below the mountains

    The First People

    From Adam

  2. Lightning over reed huts and rising floodwater

    Nuh and the Flood

    Before 3500 BCE

  3. A city lit along a river at dusk

    9th-10th Centuries CE3rd-4th Centuries AH

    801-1000 CE

  4. A mud-brick fort on a desert ridge at dusk

    18th Century CE12th Century AH

    1701-1800 CE

  5. Factory chimneys trailing smoke above a brick mill

    19th Century CE13th Century AH

    1801-1900 CE

  6. A modern skyline of glass towers and a clock tower, beyond the sand

    The Modern Era

    1960 CE to today

Inside the stories

Step inside the moment.

Twenty-six stories you walk into, scene by scene.

  • A dry path running through the parted sea between red cliffs
    The Story of MusaCrossing the Red Sea
  • A mountain standing above receding floodwater, a rainbow behind it
    The Story of NuhAfter the flood
  • The finished pyramid, cased in white limestone, at dawn
    Building the Great PyramidThe finished monument
  • A black stone cube rising among granite hills, cut blocks stacked beside it
    The Story of IbrahimBuilding the Ka’bah
  • Eleven stars in a line above the hills of Canaan at dusk
    The Story of YusufThe childhood dream

Built on sources

History you can trust.

Every entry is tied to a named historical source. Walk through it with confidence: nothing here is asserted without one.

  • For parents

    Learning you can stand behind

    What your children discover here rests on named sources, not on hearsay.

  • For teachers

    Ready to cite

    Every entry comes with the source behind it, ready for a lesson, an essay or a seminar.

  • For curators

    In good company

    Your collection sits among history held to the same standard as your own.

  • 462sourced entries
  • 25eras
  • 26stories
  • VRand any screen

Who it is for

Made to be shared.

We would love to bring HISTREE to you.

At home

Families and learners

The whole of history in one connected walk, ours and the world’s together. Stories your children can step inside, and facts they can trust and check.

In the classroom

Schools, colleges and universities

Sourced, connected history that students actually move through, on any screen or in VR. One place, instead of a pile of books, maps and websites.

In the gallery

Museums, libraries and heritage organisations

Your collection or site lives inside the timeline, in context, within reach of anyone with a screen or a headset.

On site

Events and destinations

A Legacy Line that carries your story before, during and after the event, and keeps it, permanently.

Legacy Lines

From world history to your story.

The engine that tells the story of the world can tell yours, and place it inside the history around it.

A Legacy Line can follow

  • A nation
  • A city
  • A museum collection
  • A heritage site
  • An organisation
  • A major event · Saudi 2034, Expo 2030
  • In time, a family

Every line that joins adds to the timeline, and is found by everyone who walks through it.

Mud-brick towns along a green wadi between cliffs, seen from above
The First Saudi State: the towns of Wādī Hanīfah. A nation’s story, already on the timeline.

Start here

Three ways in.

Start with whatever is in your hand.

  1. 1

    The 3D room

    Recommended on a laptop or desktop. Scroll to move through time, drag to look around.

    Explore the 3D room on screen
  2. 2

    In VR

    With any VR headset: Meta Quest, Pico and others. In the headset’s browser, open histree.net, choose Enter it in VR, then Enter VR.

    Enter it in VR
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    On any screen

    The whole timeline as a page, for phones and tablets.

    Read it on any screen

Get in touch

We would like to bring HISTREE to you.

For your school, museum, collection or event, or a Legacy Line of your own, write to us.

info@histree.net

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About

HISTREE is a Saudi company, founded and led by Houria Akram, who spent 11 years building education businesses in the UK.

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