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* Archeology
* Chronology
* Common Era (anno Domini, Gregorian calendar)
* Historical method
* Historical source (primary, secondary, tertiary)
* Historiography
* Periodization
* Recorded history

Periods

* Prehistory (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic)
* Ancient history (Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, classical antiquity)
* Post-classical history (Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages)
* Modern history (early modern history, late modern history, contemporary history)

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* Josephus
* Karamzin
* Mommsen
* Plutarch
* Ranke
* Sima
* Tacitus
* Taylor
* Thucydides
* Turner
* Vasari
* Xenophon

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History is the study of the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies as preserved primarily through written sources. This is a list of history topics covered on English Wikipedia:

Contents:

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

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* Abkhazia, History of
* Adena culture
* Afghanistan, History of
* Africa, History of
* Age of Discovery
* Age of Enlightenment
* Age of Exploration
* Age of Reason
* Age of Sail
* Agriculture, History of
* Akrotiri and Dhekelia, History of
* Åland, History of
* Albania, History of
* Alfred the Great
* Algeria, History of
* Alternative history
* American history
* American Revolution
* American Samoa, History of
* Ancient China
* Ancient Egypt
* Ancient Greece
* Ancient history
* Ancient India
* Ancient Japan
* Ancient Korea
* Ancient Rome
* Ancient warfare
* Andorra, History of
* Angola, History of
* Anguilla, History of
* Antigua and Barbuda, History of
* Archaeology
* Architecture, History of
* Argentina
* Armenia, History of
* Art history
* Aruba, History of
* Ascension Island, History of
* Asia, History of
* Assyria
* Atomic Age
* Australia, History of

* Prehistory
* Before 1788
* 1788–1850
* 1851–1900
* 1901–1945
* Since 1945

* Austria, History of
* Aviation history
* Axial Age
* Azerbaijan, History of
* Aztecs

## B

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* Bahamas, History of the
* Bahrain, History of
* Bangladesh, History of

* East Pakistan

* Battle
* Babylonia
* Banking, History of
* Barda, History of
* Belarus, History of
* Belgium, History of
* Bias
* Bibliography of history
* Biography
* Botswana, History of
* Brazil, History of

* Colonial
* Empire

* Britain, History of

* Ancient
* Roman
* Empire

* Bronze Age
* Business history
* Byzantine Empire

## C

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* Cambodia, History of
* Cameroon, History of
* Canada, History of
* First Nations
* Carolingian Renaissance
* Carolingian writing
* Carolingian art
* Carolingian architecture
* Carolingian music
* Chad, History of
* China, History of

* Xia dynasty
* Shang dynasty
* Zhou dynasty
* Qin dynasty
* Han dynasty
* Three Kingdoms
* First Jin dynasty
* Sixteen Kingdoms
* Southern and Northern dynasties
* Sui dynasty
* Tang dynasty
* Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
* Liao dynasty
* Song dynasty
* Western Xia dynasty
* Second Jin dynasty
* Yuan dynasty
* Ming dynasty
* Qing dynasty
* Republic of
* People's Republic of

* Chile, History of
* Chronology
* Cold War
* Colombia, History of
* Colonialism, History of
* Contemporary history
* Congo, Democratic Republic
* Congo, Republic
* Copper Age
* Croatia, History of
* Crusades

* First
* Second
* Third
* Livonian
* German
* Fourth
* Albigensian
* Children's
* Fifth
* Prussian
* Sixth
* Seventh
* Shepherds' 1251
* Eighth
* Ninth
* Aragonese
* Shepherds' 1320
* Alexandrian
* Nicopolis
* Northern
* Hussite
* Varna
* Otranto
* Ottoman–Habsburg wars
* Lepanto
* Vienna

* Cuba, History of

* Revolution

* Cultural history
* Cyprus, History of
* Czech Republic, History of

## D

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* Dark Ages (historiography)
* Death of Alexander the Great
* Decolonization
* Denmark, History of
* Digital Age
* Divine Right of Kings

## E

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* Economic history
* Education, History of
* Egypt, History of

* Ancient
* Achaemenid
* Ptolemaic
* Roman
* Arab
* Ottoman
* Muhammad Ali dynasty
* Modern

* Eighty Years' War
* History of England

* Reformation
* Civil War

* Ethiopia, History of
* Europe, History of

* European Union

* Environmental history

## F

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* Falkland Islands, History of
* Fashion design, History of
* Finland, History of
* France, History of

* Prehistoric
* Gaul
* Roman Gaul
* Frankish Empire
* In the Middle Ages
* in the Early Modern Period
* Revolution
* First Republic
* First Empire
* Bourbon Restoration
* July Monarchy
* Second Republic
* Second Empire
* Third Republic
* Vichy France
* Provisional Government
* Fourth Republic
* Fifth Republic

* Forest history

## G

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* Gender history
* Genealogy
* Germany, History of
* Germanic tribes
* Migration period
* Frankish Empire
* Merovingian dynasty
* Carolingian dynasty
* Holy Roman Empire
* Early modern history of Germany
* German confederation
* North German Federation
* German Empire
* Weimar Republic
* Nazi Germany
* Partitions of Germany
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Reunification of Germany
* Ghana, History of
* Great Depression
* in Australia
* in Canada
* in France
* in Latin America
* in the Netherlands
* in South Africa
* in the United Kingdom
* in the United States
* Greece, History of
* Guatemala, History of
* Gunpowder warfare

## H

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* Haiti, History of
* Historical document
* Historical method
* Historical sociology
* Historicism
* Historiography
* History
* History from below
* Holocaust, the
* Holy Roman Empire
* Honduras, History of
* Hong Kong, History of
* Human history
* Hundred Years' War
* Hungary, History of
* Huns

## I

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* Iceland, History of
* Ideas, History of
* Imperialism
* Inca Empire
* India, History of

* Middle kingdoms
* Mughal Empire
* British Raj
* Republic

* Indochina Wars
* Indonesia, History of
* Indus Valley civilization
* Industrial Age
* Industrial Revolution
* Industrial warfare
* Information Age
* The Internet, History of
* Inquisition
* Iran, History of

* Revolution

* Ireland, History of

* Early history of Ireland
* Norman Ireland

* Iron Age
* Italy, History of

## J

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* Jamaica, History of
* Japan, History of

* Ancient
* Tokugawa shogunate
* Imperial

* Jersey, History of
* Jordan, History of

## K

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* Kazakhstan, History of
* Kenya, History of
* Korea, History of

* Ancient
* North
* South
* Korean War

* Kosovo, History of
* King Arthur

## L

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* Labor history
* Landscape history
* Laos, History of
* Latvia, History of
* League of Nations
* Lebanon, History of
* Lesotho, History of
* LGBT history
* Liberia, History of
* Libya, History of
* Liechtenstein, History of
* Lithuania, History of
* Local history
* Luxembourg, History of

## M

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* Malaysia, History of
* Maritime history
* Maya civilization
* Medicine, History of
* Medieval warfare
* Meiji Restoration
* Mesoamerica
* Mesolithic period
* Mesopotamia
* Mexico, History of
* Middle Ages
* Migration
* Military Frontier
* Military history
* Prehistoric warfare
* Ancient warfare
* Medieval warfare
* Early Modern warfare
* Industrial warfare
* Modern warfare
* Minoan civilization
* Modern history
* Mongol Empire
* Mozambique, History of
* Music, History of
* Prehistoric music
* Ancient music
* Early music
* Medieval music
* Renaissance music
* Baroque music
* Common practice period
* Classical
* Romantic music
* 20th century music

## N

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* Napoleonic Wars
* Nationalism
* Natural history
* Naval history
* Neolithic period
* Nepal, History
* New Imperialism
* New Zealand, History of
* Normans
* North America, History of

## O

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* Oceania, History of
* Oman, History of
* Oral history
* Ottoman Empire

## P

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* Pakistan, History of
* Palaeography
* Palau, History of
* Paleolithic period
* Palestine, History of
* Panama, History of
* Papua New Guinea, History of
* Paraguay, History of
* Parliamentary procedure, History of
* Pearl Harbor
* People's history
* Periodization
* Persian Empire
* Peru, History of

* Viceroyalty
* War of Independence

* Philippines, History of
* Philosophy of history
* Poland, History of

* Under the Piasts
* Under the Jagiellons
* First Republic
* Partitions
* Second Republic
* People's Republic

* Political history
* Political science, History of
* Political thought, History of
* Portugal, History of

* Empire of
* Civil War

* Prehistory
* Prehistoric art
* Prehistoric music
* Prehistoric warfare
* Protohistory
* Pseudohistory
* Psychohistory

## Q

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* Qatar, History of
* Quantitative history

## R

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* Rail transport, History of
* Religion, History of
* Renaissance
* Restoration (disambiguation),

* Bourbon
* English
* European
* Meiji
* Spanish
* Swiss

* Revolution,

* 1848
* American
* Communist
* Cuban
* French
* Industrial
* Russian
* Singing (Latvia)

* Road transport, History of
* Romani people, History of
* Romania, History of
* Rome,

* Ancient
* Empire of
* Fall of
* Republic of

* Russia, History of

* Tsardom
* Empire
* Revolution (1917)
* USSR
* post-Soviet Russia

* Rwanda, History of

## S

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* Science, History of
* Scotland, History of
* Scramble for Africa
* Serbia, History of
* Slavery, History of
* Social history
* Socialism, History of
* Source, Primary
* Source, Secondary
* South Africa, History of
* South America, History of
* South India, History of
* Space Age
* Spain, History of

* Empire of
* Civil War

* Sport, History of
* Stone Age
* Sweden, History of
* Switzerland, History of
* Syria, History of

## T

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* Taiping Revolution
* Telecommunication, History of
* Thailand, History of
* Three-age system
* Trade, History of
* Transport, History of
* Turkey, History of

## U

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* Uganda, History of
* Ukraine, History of
* United States, History of
* Diplomatic history
* Military history
* Technological and industrial history
* Economic history
* Cultural history
* Women's history
* Native American history
* Timeline
* Pre-Columbian era
* Colonial period
* American Revolutionary War
* 1776–1789
* 1789–1849
* 1849–1865
* 1865–1918
* 1918–1945
* 1945–1964
* 1964–1980
* 1980–1991
* 1991–present
* United Kingdom, History of
* Universal history
* Uruguay, History of
* USSR, History of the
* Uzbekistan, History of

## V

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* Vanuatu, History of
* Vatican City, History of
* Venezuela, History of
* Venice, History of
* Vietnam, History of

* American War

* Vikings
* Viking Age

## W

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* War
* Warfare, Ancient
* Western fashion, History of
* Wildlife tracking technology, History of
* Women's history
* World history
* World War I
* World War II (Outline of World War II)
* Writing, History of

## X

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* Xinhai Revolution

## Y

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* Yemen, History of

## Z

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* Zambia, History of
* Zanzibar, History of
* Zimbabwe, History of

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