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An Infrastructure Odyssey presents a 12,000-year journey through human civilisation viewed through the lens of infrastructure. This civilisational masterclass examines how five great webs of civilisation—Energy, Knowledge, Exchange, Power, and Consciousness—have evolved through twelve pivotal civilisational relays, from Fire to Human Nodes. The framework explores how infrastructure enables continuity, unification, and resilience while examining the perennial threats that lead to civilisational collapse. Through the lens of a civil engineer's methodology, this work demonstrates that infrastructure is not merely physical systems, but the institutional frameworks that enable knowledge preservation, continuous refinement, and strategic advantage across generations.