This extraordinary infographic — that charts every death that occurred in a conflict in the world since the year 1400 — was done by Max Roser. Amazing and sad to see it all in one view, isn’t it?

Vox breaks down how to view the data-packed visual pretty well here:

The red line in Roser’s chart shows the worldwide rate of war deaths per 100,000 people, streamlined over a 15-year moving average. Each red dot shows an individual war or episode of killing; larger dots mean more people died. The blue line, based on a different data set, shows combatant casualties only.

You can view the original here (it’s also easier to view it in full on Roser’s site).

Believe it or not, we’re in the midst of pretty peaceful times. That’s of course relative to the bloodshed that’s occurred (pretty regularly) over the past 600 years or so.