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Around 60 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, followed by around 40 countries that gained independence from France throughout its history. [1] Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [2] [3] [4]
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
This is a list of articles covering the history of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.
Timeline of Afghan history; Timeline of Albanian history; Timeline of Antiguan and Barbudan history; Timeline of the Principality of Antioch; Timeline of Argentine history; Timeline of Armenian history; Timeline of Artsakh history; Timeline of Australian history; Timeline of Austrian history
History portal; Art of Europe; Geologic time scale; List of fossil sites with link directory. List of timelines around the world. Logarithmic timeline shows all history on one page in ten lines. Orders of magnitude (time) Periodization for a discussion of the tendency to try to fit history into non-overlapping periods. Time. Planck Time
Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World War II (1940) Timeline of World War II (1941) Timeline of World War II (1942) Timeline of World War II (1943) Timeline of World War II (1944) Timeline of World War II (1945) Timeline of the Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1950) Timeline of the Kashmir conflict (1947–present)
Timelines by country (50 C, 95 P) History of the Republic of Venice by modern state (4 C) Works about history by country (36 C)- ... Category: History by country.
It was a major ally during World War II, a main participant in the Cold War, and it grew in power to become one of the world's two superpowers (the other being the United States). The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. History, by subject (see also, timelines) History, by field. History of art History of painting; History of business