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edit  watch   Wikipedia's contents: Overview General reference Culture and the arts Geography and places    Health and fitness     History and events Mathematics and logic Natural and physical sciences    People and self    Philosophy and thinking Religion and belief systems Society and social sciences Technology and applied sciences An overview is a survey of what is covered or included in an area. Below is an overview of Wikipedia, divided into 12 sections, each providing an overview of a major subject area, presenting key articles in the respective subject. edit  watch   General reference   (see in all page types) Reference works Almanac • Atlas • Citation index • Database • Dictionary • Encyclopedia • Gazetteer • Glossary • Handbook • Magazine • Newsgroup • Newspaper • Scientific journal • Thesaurus • Web directory • Wikipedia Further research tools and topics List of academic disciplines • Archive • Basic English • Book • College • Curriculum • Information • Knowledge • Library • News agency • Periodic table • Quotation • Research • Web search engine • Study skills • Table of contents • University edit  watch   Culture and the arts   (see in all page types) Culture and Humanities  – Celebrities • Classics • Cooking • Critical theory • Language • Literature • Movements • Mythology • Philosophy • Popular culture • Religion • Traditions • Tourism Art, The arts, and Entertainment – Fashion • Festivals • Hobbies • Color • Humour • Museums • Parties • Poetry • Textile arts Performing arts – Comedy • Dance • Film • Music • Opera • Theatre Visual arts – Animation • Architecture • Comics • Design • Drawing • Painting • Photography • Sculpture Games and Toys – Board games • Card games • Computer and video games • Role-playing games Sports – Association football (soccer)  • American football • Baseball • Basketball • Cricket • Cue sports • Golf • Ice hockey • Olympics • Racing (cycling, Formula One) • Rugby • Swimming • Tennis Mass media – Internet (Blogosphere, Podcasts, and Websites) • Newspaper • Publications • Publishing • Radio • Television edit  watch   Geography and places   (see in all page types) Main articles: Earth, Geography and Place Geography – Atlas • City • Climate • Demographics • Earth • Exploration • Geographic information system • History of geography • Map • Park • Place • Population density • Region • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Surveying Branches of Geography – Physical geography (Climatology, Hydrology) • Human geography Natural geographical features Landforms – Badlands • Canyon • Cave • Cliff • Coast • Continent • Coral reef • Crater • Desert • Forest • Geyser • Glacier • Gully • Grassland • Highland • Hill • Island • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain range • Plain • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ridge • Savanna • Shoal • Steppe • Tundra • Valley • Volcano • Wetland Bodies of water – Bay • Channel • Delta • Estuary • Fjord • Headlands • Lagoon • Lake • Marsh • Ocean • Pond • River • Sea • Sound • Source (river or stream) • Spring (hydrosphere) • Strait • Stream • Swamp • Waterfall Manmade geographical features – Airport • Artificial dwelling hill • Artificial island • Breakwater • Bridge • Canal • Causeway • Country • Country subdivision • Dam (Levee) • Farm • Harbor • Nation • National park • Nature reserve • Park • Pier • Pipeline • Port • Railway • Ranch • Reservoir • Road (Street) • Settlement (Village, Town, City, Megalopolis) • Train station • Tunnel The World By hemisphere – New World • Old World |  Eastern world • Western world |  Eastern Hemisphere • Western Hemisphere |  Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere By cultural region – Anglosphere • Arab world • Chinese world (Sinosphere) • Indosphere • Sub-Saharan Africa • Europe By ordinal classification – First World • Second World • Third World • Fourth World • Fifth World By economic development – Developed countries • Developing countries • Least Developed Countries By continent – Africa • Antarctica • Australia • Eurasia (Europe and Asia) • North America • South America Countries and polar regions of the world: Countries of Africa Countries of Asia Countries of Europe Countries of North America Countries of Oceania Countries of South America Antarctic Arctic edit  watch   Health and fitness   (see in all page types) Main articles: Health, Self-care, and Health science General  – Health care • Health care industry • Health disparities • Mental health • Population health • Preventive medicine • Public health • Wikipedia Books: Health Self-care – Body composition • Life extension • Longevity • Physical fitness Nutrition – Calorie restriction • Dietary supplements (Amino acids, Minerals, Nootropics, Nutrients, Vitamins) • Diet (nutrition) • Dieting • Healthy eating pyramid Physical exercise – Stretching • Overtraining • Aerobic exercise • Anaerobic exercise • Sport • Walking Hygiene – Cleanliness • Oral hygiene • Occupational hygiene Health science – Dentistry • Occupational therapy • Optometry • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Speech and language pathology Medicine – Midwifery • Nursing • Veterinary medicine • Complementary and alternative medicine Human medicine – Cardiology • Dermatology •Emergency medicine • Endocrinology and Diabetology • Epidemiology • Forensics • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Nephrology • Neurology • Oncology • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology Illness  – Aging • Alcoholism • Atrophy • Deficiency disease • Depression • Disease • Disorders (types) • Drug abuse • Eating disorder • Foodborne illness • Malnutrition • Obesity • Smoking edit  watch   History and events   (see in all page types) Main articles: News, History, History of the world, History of the Earth, and Historiography History by region – Ancient Egypt • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • History of China • History of Arabia • History of Mesoamerica History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America List of time periods – Prehistory • Protohistory • Ancient history • Modern history • Future history The Ages of history – Stone Age • Copper Age • Bronze Age • Iron Age • Dark Ages (historiography) • Middle Ages • Age of Discovery • Renaissance • Age of Enlightenment • Industrial Age  • Information Age • Space Age History by subject Cultural history – Money • Sport History of art – Dance • Film • Music • Painting • Theatre History of philosophy – Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary History of logic History of science – Theories/sociology • Historiography • Mathematics • Pseudoscience • Scientific method History of the natural sciences – Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics History of the social sciences – Anthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology History of science by era – In early cultures • In Classical Antiquity • In the Middle Ages • In the Renaissance • Scientific Revolution History of technology – Agriculture & agricultural science • Architecture • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport edit  watch   Mathematics and logic   (see in all page types) Formal sciences – Information theory • Logic • Statistics • Theoretical computer science Mathematics – Algebra • Applied mathematics • Arithmetic • Calculus • Equations • Geometry • Mathematical analysis • Mathematics education • Mathematical practice • Measurement • Numbers • Philosophy of mathematics • Probability • Proofs • Theorems • Trigonometry • Unsolved problems in mathematics edit  watch   Natural and physical sciences   (see in all page types) Main articles: Natural science and Nature   See also Science, Scientific method, and Fields of science Biology – Anatomy (Human anatomy) • Astrobiology • Biochemistry • Bioinformatics • Biological anthropology • Biophysics • Botany • Cell biology • Developmental biology • Ecology • Evolutionary biology • Genetics (Molecular genetics, Population genetics) • Genomics • Marine biology • Histology • Human biology • Immunology • Microbiology • Molecular biology • Neuroscience • Origin of life • Paleontology • Parasitology • Pathology • Physiology • Taxonomy • Zoology (Ethology) Physical sciences – Anthropology • Astronomy • Chemistry • Earth science • Ecology • Heuristic • Information science • Physics (Unsolved problems in physics) • Scientist • Space • Systems theory edit  watch   People and self   (see in all page types) Person – Biography • Character orientation • Consciousness • Gender • Health • Human • Human body • Identity • Individual • Intelligence • Moral character • Personal identity • Personality • Physical fitness • Spirituality • Values • Virtues Self – in philosophy • in psychology • in sociology • Self-actualization • Self-awareness • Self-education • Self-care • Self-concept • Self control • Self disclosure • Self-efficacy • Self-esteem • Self harm • Self help • Self-identity • Self image • Self monitoring • Self-perception • Self-regulated learning • Self talk Personal life • Adventure • Aging (life cycle) • Career • Citizenship • Education • Employment • Everyday life • Experience • Family • Friendship • Goal • Health maintenance • Home • Homemaking • Human condition • Human ecology • Interpersonal relationship • Intimate relationship • Kinship • Leisure • Life • lifestyle • Lifeworld • Manual labour • Maslow's hierarchy of needs • Meaning of life • Pets • Physical quality-of-life index • Profession • Pursuit of happiness • Quality of life • Quality time • Real life • Sex life • Travel • Work-life balance People – Adult • Alien (foreigner) • Child • Father • Genius • Human • Indigenous peoples • Man • Minor • Mother • Parent • Woman • Youth edit  watch   Philosophy and thinking   (see in all page types) Philosophy – Being • Common sense • Feminist philosophy • Futurology • Goodness and value theory • Happiness • -ism • Meaning of life • Mind • Rhetoric • Unsolved problems in philosophy By region – Eastern philosophy • Western philosophy Branches of philosophy – Aesthetics • Ethics • Epistemology • Logic • Metaphysics Subdisciplines of philosophy – Education • Geography • History • Human nature • Language • Law • Literature • Mathematics • Mind • Philosophy • Physics • Politics • Psychology • Religion • Science • Social science • Technology  • War Schools of philosophy – Analytic philosophy • Continental Philosophy • Critical theory • Deconstructivism • Determinism • Dialectical materialism • Empiricism • Existentialism • Hegelianism • Hermeneutics • Humanism • Idealism • Logical Positivism • Materialism • Neoplatonism • Nihilism • Ordinary Language • Phenomenology • Platonism • Positivism • Postmodernism • Poststructuralism • Pragmatism • Presocratic • Rationalism • Reformational • Relativism • Scholasticism • Skepticism • Stoicism • Structuralism • Transhumanism  • Utilitarianism Thinking – Awareness • Creative processes • Decision making • Emotional intelligence • Learning • Memory • Problem solving • Reason • Reasoning • Teaching Qualities of thought – Accuracy • Effectiveness • Efficacy • Efficiency • Frugality • Ilities • Promptness • Prudence • Right • Soundness • Validity • Value theory • Wrong Thinking errors – Cognitive bias • Cognitive distortion • Error • Fallacy • Fallacies of definition • Logical fallacy • Target fixation Related – Genius • High IQ society • Mensa  • Nootropics ("smart drugs") • Philomath  • Polymath edit  watch   Religion and belief systems   (see in all page types) Main article: Religion  See also: Relationship between religion and science Allah • Belief • Biblical inspiration • Buddha • Confucius • Deity • Demon • Devil • Exorcism • Heresy • Inspiration • Faith • God • Jesus • Holy Spirit • Morality • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Revelation • Ritual • Sin • Supernatural • Virtue  Belief Systems – Acosmism • Agnosticism • Animism • Antitheism • Atheism • Binitarianism • Deism • Determinism • Duotheism • Esotericism • Eutheism and dystheism • Freethought • Gnosticism • Henotheism • Humanism • Ignosticism • Kathenotheism • Monism • Monotheism • Monolatrism • Mysticism • New Age • Nondualism • Nontheism • Pandeism • Panentheism • Pantheism • Polydeism • Polytheism • Secular • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theism • Theopanism • Theosophy • Transcendentalism • Transtheism • Trinitarianism • Unitarianism Major beliefs of the world  – Antireligion • Ayyavazhi • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese folk religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Diasporic • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Irreligious • Islam • Neopaganism • Jainism • Judaism • Rastafari • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Zoroastrianism See also: Criticism of religion edit  watch   Society and social sciences   (see in all page types) Main articles: Social sciences and Society  See also Science and Scientific method Social sciences – Anthropology • Archaeology • Cognitive science • Communication studies • Critical theory • Cultural studies • Development studies • Economics (Unsolved problems in economics) • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics  (Unsolved problems in linguistics) • Law • Political science • Psychology • Social policy • Sociology Society – Ethnic groups • Group • Infrastructure • People Community – Structure and agency • Socialization • Sense of community • Communitarianism • Social capital • Community development Social development – Decadence • Social progress • Technological evolution Sociocultural evolution, the progression:  Hunter-gatherer bands → Social rank → tribes → Social stratification → chiefdoms → Neolithic Revolution →→→ Civilization: Agrarian society (Pre-industrial society): Agrarian villages → Towns → Cities → City-states → Nation-states →→ Industrial Revolution → (Modern) Industrial society →→ (Postmodern) Post-industrial society → Informational Revolution → Information society → Digital Revolution →→ Globalization → World government? → Space colonization? Social institutions – Organization Family – Daughter • Extended family • Father • Grandparent • Home • Human bonding • Mother • Nuclear family • Parent • Son Religion – (see #Religion and belief systems above) Infrastructure Public infrastructure – highways • streets • roads • bridges • mass transit • airports and airways • water supply and water resources • wastewater management • solid-waste treatment and disposal • electric power Private infrastructure – Automobiles • Homes • Personal computers • Personal property • Real estate Economy and Business – Finance • Management • Marketing Education – Academia • Homework • Learning • Pedagogy • School • Student • Study skills • Teacher Civil society – Government and Politics – Politics by country • Criminal justice • International relations • Law • Public affairs Social network – Communication • Social capital edit  watch   Technology and applied sciences   (see in all page types) Main articles: Technology and Applied science Technological concepts and issues • Appropriate technology • Diffusion of innovations • Doomsday device • High technology • History of science and technology • History of technology • Industry • Innovation • Knowledge economy • Persuasion technology • Pollution • Posthumanism • Precautionary principle • Research and development • Strategy of technology • Superpowers • Technicism • Technocapitalism • Technocriticism • Techno-progressivism • Technological convergence • Technological evolution • Technological determinism • Technological diffusion • Technological singularity • Technology acceptance model • Technology assessment • Technology lifecycle • Technology transfer • Technology Tree • Technorealism • Timeline of invention • Transhumanism Technologies and applied sciences • Aerospace • Agriculture, agricultural science, & agronomy • Architecture • Artificial intelligence • Automation • Automobile • Big Science • Biotechnology • Cartography • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Programming, Software engineering, List of open problems in computer science) • Construction • Dentistry • Design • Education • Electronics • Energy development • Energy storage • Engineering • Ergonomics • Family and consumer science • Firefighting • Forensics • Forestry • Free software • Health sciences • Health • Industry • Information science • Information technology • Internet • Library and information science • Machines • Management • Manufacturing • Marketing • Mass communication • Mass production • Medicine (Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Military science • Military technology and equipment • Mining • Nanotechnology • Nuclear technology • Nutrition • Packaging and labeling Processes • Robotics • Space exploration • Technology forecasting • Telecommunications • Tools • Transport • Vehicles • Weapons Content listings Lists Featured content Overviews Portals Lists Outlines Glossaries Indexes Reference Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Academic disciplines Anniversaries (today) Countries and territories Current events People (deaths this year) Timelines (centuries · decades) Indices A–Z index Categories Dewey Decimal classes Library of Congress Classification Roget's Thesaurus Spoken articles Wikipedia books