Index of history articles

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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 Herodotus Thucydides Xenophon Sallust Livy Tacitus Ibn Khaldun Edward Gibbon A. J. P. Taylor
Timelines Prehistoric Ancient Post-classical Modern Future
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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: