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The list of basic history topics includes various historical topics and other collected sets of information about 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.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to history:

Essence of history

Main article: History

Studies and fields of history

  • Archaeology - study of past human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data.
  • Archontology - study of historical offices and important positions in state, international, political, religious and other organizations and societies.
  • Art history - the study of changes in and social context of art.
  • Chronology - locating events in time.
  • Cultural history - the study of culture in the past.
  • Economic history - the study of economies in the past.
  • Environmental history - study of natural history and the human relationship with the natural world.
  • Futurology - study of the future: researches the medium to long-term future of societies and of the physical world.
  • History painting - the painting of works of art having historical motifs or depicting great events.
  • Military history - the study of warfare and wars in history.
  • Natural history - history of the natural world, now usually referred to as science
  • Naval history - the branch of military history devoted to warfare at sea or in bodies of water.
  • Paleography - the study of ancient texts.
  • Political history - the study of past political events, ideas, movements, and leaders.
  • Psychohistory - study of the psychological motivations of historical events.
  • Social history - the study of societies and social trends in the past.

Record of history

Main articles: News, History, History of Earth, and History of the World

History by chronology

Main articles: List of timelines and List of time periods
Ages of history
Eras of history
Main article: Era

History by region

Main articles: History by region and History of the world
History by continent and country
Main articles: History by continent and History of present-day nations and states
Economic history by region
Military history by region

History by field

Methods and tools

  • Contemporaneous corroboration - A method historians use to establish facts beyond their limited lifespan.
  • Prosopography - A methodological tool for the collection of all known information about individuals within a given period.
  • Historical revisionism - Traditionally been used in a completely neutral sense to describe the work or ideas of a historian who has revised a previously accepted view of a particular topic.
  • Historiography – The study of historical methodology

Basic history concepts

Historians

Main articles: Historian and List of historians

History lists

Main article: List of history topics

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