====== 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)