Timelines of world history
- 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 – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history
- For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of the Middle Ages
- For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
- Future
- For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future
See also
- List of years
- List of decades
- List of centuries
- List of millennia
- {{Human timeline}}
- {{Life timeline}}
- {{Nature timeline}}
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