Timelines of world history
Appearance
- Prehistory
- For events dating from the formation of the Universe see: Timeline of the formation of the Universe
- For events dating from the formation of the planet to the rise of modern humans see: Timeline of natural history and Timeline of the evolutionary history of life
- For events dating from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to before the invention of writing see: Timeline of human prehistory
- History
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago (which marks the beginning of history) to the present day.
- For events from c. 3200 BC to c. 500 AD see: Timeline of ancient history
- For events from c. 500 to 1499, see: Timeline of the Middle Ages
- For events from 1500 to 1900, see: Timeline of early modern history
- For events since 1901, see: Timeline of modern history
- Future
- For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future
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