Outline of history

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History
Study of the past
Index Outline Glossary
Key concepts Archeology Chronology Common Era (anno Domini, Gregorian calendar) Historical method Historiography Periodization Recorded history Historical source (primary, secondary, tertiary)
Periods Prehistory Ancient history (Bronze Age, classical antiquity) Post-classical history (Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages) Modern history (early modern history, late modern history, contemporary history)
By region Africa Antarctica Australia Central America East Asia Europe Middle East New Zealand North America Pacific Islands South America South Asia Southeast Asia The Caribbean
Notable historians Ban Gu Ban Zhao Bede Dio Gibbon Herodotus Ibn Khaldun Isidore Josephus Livy Manetho Plutarch Polybius Sallust Suetonius Tacitus Taylor Thucydides Xenophon Zuo
Timelines Prehistoric Ancient Post-classical Modern Future
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to history:

History – discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented (the beginning of recorded history).