Timelines of world history

The following is a list of timeline articles:

Prehistory

• For events dating from the formation of the universe see: Timeline of the early universe
• For events dating from the formation of the planet to the rise of modern humans see: Timeline of natural history, Timeline of the evolutionary history of life and Timeline of human evolution.
• For events dating from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to before the invention of writing see: Timeline of prehistory

History

These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago 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 post-classical history
• For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history

Future

• For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future

See also

• ChronoZoom
• Human history
• List of years
• List of decades, centuries, and millennia

1. Timelines of modern history
2. World history
3. Timeline of ancient history
4. Timeline of natural history
5. List of timelines of World War II
6. Timelines of the future
7. List of timelines
8. Timeline of post-classical history
9. Timeline
10. Timeline of LGBT history
11. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life
12. Timeline of Indian history
13. Timeline of Russian history
14. Timeline of Islamic history
15. Timeline of transgender history
16. List of decades, centuries, and millennia
17. Timeline of Chinese history
18. Timeline of Birmingham history
19. Timeline of Korean history
20. Timeline of Canadian history