Index of history articles

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:

A

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

E

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Jamaica, History of
• Japan, History of

• Ancient
• Tokugawa shogunate
• Imperial

• Jersey, History of
• Jordan, History of

K

• Kazakhstan, History of
• Kenya, History of
• Korea, History of

• Ancient
• North
• South
• Korean War

• Kosovo, History of
• King Arthur

L

• 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

• 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

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

O

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

P

• 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

• Qatar, History of
• Quantitative history

R

• 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

• 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

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

U

• 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

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

• American War

• Vikings
• Viking Age

W

• 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

• Xinhai Revolution

Y

• Yemen, History of

Z

• Zambia, History of
• Zanzibar, History of
• Zimbabwe, History of

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