Draft:Outline of modern history

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to modern history:

What type of thing is modern history?
Modern history can be described as all of the following:


 * A branch of history – the recorded past, and the study of it.
 * A historical time period – quantified block of time in the past named via periodization. Such as "ancient history", "Middle Ages", "Renaissance", "modern history", etc.

Modern history, by period
Timelines of modern history
 * Early modern period
 * Late modern period
 * Contemporary history
 * Modernity

Modern history, by century

 * 16th century
 * 17th century
 * 18th century
 * 19th century
 * 20th century
 * 21st century

Modern history of Asia

 * History of modern Egypt
 * History of modern Mongolia
 * History of modern Serbia
 * Modern history of Syria
 * History of modern Tunisia
 * Modern history of Ukraine
 * History of Vietnam since 1945
 * Modern history of Yemen

Modern history of Europe

 * History of modern Greece
 * Timeline of modern Greek history
 * History of the Italian Republic
 * Scotland in the modern era
 * History of the Soviet Union
 * Modern history of Switzerland

Modern history of North America

 * History of Canada
 * History of the United States
 * History of Mexico

Modern history, by subject

 * History of modern Christianity
 * History of modern literature

Historiography of modern history

 * Historiography of the Enlightenment
 * Historiography of the 19th century
 * Historiography of the 20th century