====== History ====== ===== World History ===== ==== Prehistoric Times ==== This covers the period before written records * Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) * Mesolithic Era (Middle Stone Age) * Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) * Bronze Age * Iron Age ==== Ancient Civilizations ==== The rise and fall of early complex societies * Sumerians in Mesopotamia * [[:egypt|Ancient Egypt]] * Indus Valley Civilization * Ancient China (Shang, Zhou Dynasties) * Mesoamerican civilizations (Maya, Aztec, Olmec) * Ancient [[:greece|Greece]] and [[:rome|Rome]] ==== Middle Ages ==== * Early Middle Ages (Fall of the Western Roman Empire to around 1000 AD) * High Middle Ages (1000 AD to around 1300 AD) * Late Middle Ages (1300 AD to the Renaissance) * Feudal systems, Crusades, and the rise of Islam ==== Renaissance & Exploration ==== * European [[:renaissance|Renaissance]] and its impact on arts, science, and thought * Age of Discovery, with explorers like Columbus, Magellan, and Vasco da Gama ==== Early Modern Period ==== * Reformation and Counter-Reformation * Scientific Revolution * Enlightenment * Major empires like the Ottoman, Mughal, and Qing ==== Industrial Revolution & Modern Era ==== * Industrialization and its global impact * Nationalism and the birth of nation-states * Imperialism and colonization * Major revolutions (American, French, Russian) ==== 20th Century ==== * World Wars I and II * Cold War and the rise of superpowers * Decolonization and the end of empires * Social, cultural, and technological developments ==== Futurism ==== * [[:nickland|Accelerationism]] * [[:cyberpunk|Cyberpunk]] * [[:transhuman|Transhumanism]] ===== Specialized Histories ===== * History of... * ...[[:philosophy|Philosophy]] * ...Internet Culture * ...Science * ...Music * ...Economics (Economic World History) * ...Economics (As philosophy and practice)