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edit  watch   Wikipedia's contents: Contents/History and events History is the interpretation of past events, societies and civilizations. The term history comes from the Greek historia (ἱστορία), "an account of one's inquiries," and shares that etymology with the English word story as narrative. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica stated that "history in the wider sense is all that has happened, not merely all the phenomena of human life, but those of the natural world as well. It is everything that undergoes change; and as modern science has shown that there is nothing absolutely static, therefore, the whole universe, and every part of it, has its history." Contents/History and events: Overview • Lists • Outlines • Portals • Categories • Glossaries • Indexes edit  watch   Overview   (see for all subject areas) Main articles: News, History, History of the world, History of the Earth, and Historiography History by region – Ancient Egypt • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • History of China • History of the Middle East • History of Mesoamerica • History of India History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America List of time periods – Prehistory • Protohistory • Ancient history • Modern history • Future history The Ages of history – Stone Age • Copper Age • Bronze Age • Iron Age • Dark Ages (historiography) • Middle Ages • Age of Discovery • Renaissance • Age of Enlightenment • Industrial Age • Space Age • Information Age History by subject Cultural history – Money • Sport History of art – Dance • Film • Music • Painting • Theatre History of philosophy – Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary History of logic History of science – Theories/sociology • Historiography • Mathematics • Pseudoscience • Scientific method History of the natural sciences – Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics • Geology History of the social sciences – Anthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology History of science by era – In early cultures • In Classical Antiquity • In the Middle Ages • In the Renaissance • Scientific Revolution History of technology – Agriculture & agricultural science • Architecture • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computing (Computer science, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport edit  watch   Outlines   (see for all subject areas) History – records of past events and the way things were. It is also a field responsible for the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about the past. History, by period (See also Timeline of world history) Prehistory – events occurring before recorded history (that is, before written records). Colorado prehistory – Prehistoric technology – technologies that emerged before recorded history (i.e., before the development of writing). Ancient history – from ≈3350 BCE to ≈500 CE Classical antiquity – long period of cultural history in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the Greco-Roman world. Ancient Greece – period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1100 BC) to 146 BC and the Roman conquest of Greece. It was the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western civilization. Ancient Rome – civilization that started on the Italian Peninsula and lasted from as early as the 10th century BC to the 5th century AD. Over centuries it shifted from a monarchy to a republic to an empire which dominated South-Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe/Balkans and the Mediterranean region. Classical architecture – Ancient India – Middle Ages (Medieval history)– historical period following the Iron Age, fully underway by the 5th century and lasting to the 15th century and preceding the early Modern Era. It is the middle period in a three-period division of history: Classic, Medieval, and Modern. Timeline of the Middle Ages Renaissance – cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Florence in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. It encompassed a flowering of literature, science, art, religion, and politics, and gradual but widespread educational reform. Early modern history – from 1500 to 1899 Modern history – since 1900. Globalization – from ancient times to the present History, by region History of South Asia History of Western civilization History of existing states United States history History of U.S. states History of Alabama • History of Alaska • History of Arizona • History of Arkansas • History of California • History of Colorado • History of Connecticut • History of Delaware • History of Florida • History of Georgia • History of Hawaii • History of Idaho • History of Illinois • History of Indiana • History of Iowa • History of Kansas • History of Kentucky • History of Louisiana • History of Maine • History of Maryland • History of Massachusetts • History of Michigan • History of Minnesota • History of Mississippi • History of Missouri • History of Montana • History of Nebraska • History of Nevada • History of New Hampshire • History of New Jersey • History of New Mexico • History of New York • History of North Carolina • History of North Dakota • History of Ohio • History of Oklahoma • History of Oregon • History of Pennsylvania • History of Rhode Island • History of South Carolina • History of South Dakota • History of Tennessee • History of Texas • History of Utah • History of Vermont • History of Virginia • History of Washington • History of West Virginia • History of Wisconsin • History of Wyoming Historical states Ancient Egypt – an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa, along the lower reaches of the Nile River starting about 3150 BC, in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Ancient Greece – period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1100 BC) to 146 BC and the Roman conquest of Greece. It was the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western civilization. Ancient Rome – civilization that started on the Italian Peninsula and lasted from as early as the 10th century BC to the 5th century AD. Over centuries it shifted from a monarchy to a republic to an empire which dominated South-Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe/Balkans and the Mediterranean region. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – six-volume work authored by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794). Byzantine Empire – the Eastern Roman Empire that existed throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania by its inhabitants and neighbors, the empire was centered on the capital of Constantinople and was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State. Byzantium, however, was distinct from ancient Rome, in that it was Christian and predominantly Greek-speaking, being influenced by Greek, as opposed to Latin, culture. Ottoman Empire – historical Muslim empire, also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey. At its zenith in the second half of the 16th century it controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa. History, by subject History, by field Alchemy History of art History of painting History of business History of geography History of mathematics History of political science History of science History of technology Prehistoric technology Historical sciences – fields dealing with history Archaeology Geology Biology Astronomy History of terrorism Terrorism in the United States September 11 attacks Wars American Civil War – civil war in the United States of America from 1861-1865 in which 11 Southern slave states tried to secede. World War II – global military conflict from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread, largest, most costly, and deadliest war in history. Vietnam War – Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. edit  watch   Lists   (see for all subject areas) History General: Archeological sites (By country, By continent and age) • Civil wars • Cyclones • Extinct states • Famous deaths by cause • Guerrilla movements • Historians (by subfield) • Historical anniversaries • Historical sites • Inventors killed by their own inventions • Missing treasure • Roman sites (UK) • World records in chess Time periods: On this day (March 27) • Months • This Year (2025) • By decade • By century Timelines of events By chronology: Big Bang • Ancient Mesopotamia • Ancient Greece • Rome • Roman Republic • Roman Empire • French Revolution • World War I • World War II (Evacuations)  • Space Race • Cold War By event type: Battles • Coups d'état and coup attempts • Disasters (By death toll) • Earthquakes • Epidemics • Famous speeches • Fires • Foreign policy doctrines • Helicopter prison escapes • Invasions • Inventions • Industrial disasters •Judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa • Kidnappings • Massacres • Military disasters • Musical events • Military operations • Natural disasters • Nobel Prizes • Nuclear accidents • Power outages • Recessions • Revolutions and rebellions • Riots • Roman Governorships of Britain • Scientific discoveries • Sieges • Space Shuttle missions • Strikes • Tariffs • Terrorism • Ticker-tape parades in New York City • Treaties • United States Supreme Court cases • UN peacekeeping missions • Wars By field: Agriculture • Archaeology • Architecture • Art • Aviation • Biology • Chemistry • Communication • Computing • Evolution • Film • Geography • Human evolution • Invention • Literature • Mathematics • Medicine • Meteorology • Photography • Physics • Poetry • Psychology • Science • Scientific discoveries • Scientific experiments • Scientific thought • Scientific method • Sociology • Transport edit  watch   Portals   (see for all subject areas) History Ancient Egypt • Ancient Germanic Culture • Ancient Greece • Ancient Japan • Ancient Near East • Ancient Rome (Military of ancient Rome) • Anglo-Saxon England • Crown of Aragon • Archaeology • Austria-Hungary • British Empire • Bulgarian Empire • Byzantine Empire • History of Canada • History of the Latter Day Saint movement • Classical Civilization • Colonialism • Disasters • German Empire • Heraldry • History of Science • Indian independence movement • Khitan • Mesoamerica • Middle Ages • Nazi Germany • New France • Russian Empire • Sasanian Empire • Soviet Union • Ashura  War:American Revolutionary War • American Civil War • Cold War • Italian Wars • Liberation War • Military history of France • Military history of Africa • Military history of the Ottoman Empire • Napoleonic Wars • September 11 attacks • Syrian civil war • World War I • World War II · Half-track 1920s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s Current events Sports Time Winter • Autumn Chronology edit  watch   Glossaries   (see for all subject areas) Flags • French Revolution • Japanese history • September 11, 2001 attack • Nazi Germany • UK local history • Weimar Republic • Wobbly lingo Military Military terminology • British ordnance • Abbreviations • Naval • German military edit  watch   Categories   (see for all subject areas) Main categories: History and Events By period By topic Science Religion Historiography Timelines History by location By continent Africa Asia Europe America By region North America South America Central Europe Middle East Oceania By country By city Empires edit  watch   Indexes   (see for all subject areas) Main index: History See also: History of present-day nations and states By period: Classical antiquity • Medieval history (Middle Ages) • Renaissance Wars: World War II: 0-9  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z By region: Historical states Ancient Egypt Egyptian mythology Baekje Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Empire East Germany edit  watch   Wikipedia's contents pages Content listings Types Overviews Featured content Outlines Lists Portals Glossaries Categories Indicies Topics Current events Reference Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Places, people and times Academic disciplines Anniversaries today Countries and territories People deaths this year Timelines centuries decades Indices A–Z index Categories Dewey Decimal classes Library of Congress Classification Roget's Thesaurus Spoken articles Wikipedia books