Timelines of world history

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Human history
↑ Prehistory (Stone Age)  (Pleistocene epoch)

Holocene

* Timelines
Neolithic – Contemporary
(10,000 BCE – Present)

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* Age of the human race
* Recorded history (Common Era)

* Earliest records
* Protohistory
* Proto-writing

Ancient

* Copper Age
* Bronze Age
* Iron Age

* Axial Age
* Classical antiquity
* Late antiquity

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* Africa
* North America
* South America

* Oceania
* East Asia
* South Asia

* Southeast Asia
* West Asia

* Europe

Postclassical

* Timeline

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* Africa
* Americas

* Oceania
* East Asia

* South Asia

* Southeast Asia
* West Asia

* Europe
* Renaissance

Modern

* Early modern (Renaissance)
* Late modern (Industrial Revolution)
* Contemporary (Digital Revolution)

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* Africa
* North America
* South America

* Oceania
* East Asia
* South Asia

* Southeast Asia
* West Asia

* Europe

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See also

* Age of Discovery
* Modernity
* Postmodernity
* Futurology
* Political history

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The following is a list of timeline articles:

## Prehistory[edit]

* For events dating from the formation of the universe see: Timeline of the early universe
* For events dating from the formation of the planet to the rise of modern humans see: Timeline of natural history, Timeline of the evolutionary history of life and Timeline of human evolution.
* For events dating from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to before the invention of writing see: Timeline of prehistory

## History[edit]

These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day.

* For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history
* For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history
* For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history

## Future[edit]

* For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future

## See also[edit]

* ChronoZoom
* Human history
* List of years
* List of decades, centuries, and millennia

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World history

Overviews|

* Human history
* Recorded history
* List of historical periods
* Timelines of world history
* Major concepts:
* Cradle of civilization

* World regions:
* History of Western civilization
* Eastern civilization

Topical|

* History of agriculture
* History of government
* History of law
* History of communication
* History of economics
* History of trade
* History of war
* History of philosophy
* Science/Technology:
* History of medicine
* History of science
* History of writing
* History of technology
* History of navigation
* Arts:
* History of art
* History of drama
* History of literature
* History of music
* History of painting

Historical
eras|

* Chronological world eras:
* Prehistory
* Three-age system
* Ancient history
* Post-classical history
* Medieval history
* Renaissance
* Age of Enlightenment
* Age of Discovery
* Modern history
* Early modern history
* Late modern history
* Digital Age
* Societal eras:
* Agricultural Revolution
* Second Agricultural Revolution
* Industrial Revolution
* Second Industrial Revolution
* Britain's Imperial Century
* American Century

Types of
societies|

* Society
* Pre-industrial
* Hunter-gatherer
* Montane
* Circumpolar
* Subarctic
* Nomadic
* Pastoral
* Horticultural
* Agricultural/Agrarian
* Feudal
* Complex
* Industrial
* Post-industrial

Related|

* Historiography

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