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World history in the Western tradition is commonly divided into three parts, viz. ancient, medieval, and modern time. [2] The division on ancient and medieval periods is less sharp or absent in the Arabic and Asian historiographies.
World History, a 1998 album by Christian rock band Mad at the World "The History of the World (Part 1)", a 1980 song by The Damned; History of the World, Part I, a 1981 film by Mel Brooks; History of the World, Part II, a 2023 TV series; Andrew Marr's History of the World, a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr
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
History, by period (See also Timeline of world history) Prehistory – events occurring before recorded history (that is, before written records). Colorado prehistory – Prehistoric technology – technologies that emerged before recorded history (i.e., before the development of writing).
Human history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers.They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had spread across Earth's continental land except Antarctica by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.
In the context of archaeology and world history, the term "Old World" includes those parts of the world which were in (indirect) cultural contact from the Bronze Age onwards, resulting in the parallel development of the early civilizations, mostly in the temperate zone between roughly the 45th and 25th parallels north, in the area of the Mediterranean, including North Africa.
There’s no shortage of places to get national news, especially when we’re watching history unfold before our eyes. But few can provide both the sweep and depth – the local impact – that ...
LGBTQ history - study of LGBTQ people and their culture around the world; Local history – study of history in a geographically local context; Military history – study of warfare and wars in history; Naval history – branch of military history devoted to warfare at sea or in bodies of water; Paleography – study of ancient texts