Index of history articles

History is the study of the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies as preserved primarily through written sources. This is a list of history topics covered on English Wikipedia:

A

 * Abkhazia, History of
 * Adena culture
 * Afghanistan, History of
 * Africa, History of
 * Age of Discovery
 * Age of Enlightenment
 * Age of Exploration
 * Age of Reason
 * Age of Sail
 * Agriculture, History of
 * Akrotiri and Dhekelia, History of
 * Åland, History of
 * Albania, History of
 * Alfred the Great
 * Algeria, History of
 * Alternative history
 * American history
 * American Revolution
 * American Samoa, History of
 * Ancient China
 * Ancient Egypt
 * Ancient Greece
 * Ancient history
 * Ancient India
 * Ancient Japan
 * Ancient Korea
 * Ancient Rome
 * Ancient warfare
 * Andorra, History of
 * Angola, History of
 * Anguilla, History of
 * Antigua and Barbuda, History of
 * Archaeology
 * Architecture, History of
 * Argentina
 * Armenia, History of
 * Art history
 * Aruba, History of
 * Ascension Island, History of
 * Asia, History of
 * Assyria
 * Atomic Age
 * Australia, History of
 * Prehistory
 * Before 1788
 * 1788–1850
 * 1851–1900
 * 1901–1945
 * Since 1945


 * Austria, History of
 * Aviation history
 * Axial Age
 * Azerbaijan, History of
 * Aztecs

B

 * Bahamas, History of the
 * Bahrain, History of
 * Bangladesh, History of
 * East Pakistan


 * Battle
 * Babylonia
 * Banking, History of
 * Barda, History of
 * Belarus, History of
 * Belgium, History of
 * Bias
 * Bibliography of history
 * Biography
 * Botswana, History of
 * Brazil, History of
 * Colonial
 * Empire


 * Britain, History of
 * Ancient
 * Roman
 * Empire


 * Bronze Age
 * Business history
 * Byzantine Empire

C

 * Cambodia, History of
 * Cameroon, History of
 * Canada, History of
 * First Nations
 * Carolingian Renaissance
 * Carolingian writing
 * Carolingian art
 * Carolingian architecture
 * Carolingian music
 * Chad, History of
 * China, History of
 * Xia dynasty
 * Shang dynasty
 * Zhou dynasty
 * Qin dynasty
 * Han dynasty
 * Three Kingdoms
 * First Jin dynasty
 * Sixteen Kingdoms
 * Southern and Northern dynasties
 * Sui dynasty
 * Tang dynasty
 * Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
 * Liao dynasty
 * Song dynasty
 * Western Xia dynasty
 * Second Jin dynasty
 * Yuan dynasty
 * Ming dynasty
 * Qing dynasty
 * Republic of
 * People's Republic of


 * Chile, History of
 * Chronology
 * Cold War
 * Colombia, History of
 * Colonialism, History of
 * Contemporary history
 * Congo, Democratic Republic
 * Congo, Republic
 * Copper Age
 * Croatia, History of
 * Crusades
 * First
 * Second
 * Third
 * Livonian
 * German
 * Fourth
 * Albigensian
 * Children's
 * Fifth
 * Prussian
 * Sixth
 * Seventh
 * Shepherds' 1251
 * Eighth
 * Ninth
 * Aragonese
 * Shepherds' 1320
 * Alexandrian
 * Nicopolis
 * Northern
 * Hussite
 * Varna
 * Otranto
 * Ottoman-Habsburg wars
 * Lepanto
 * Vienna


 * Cuba, History of
 * Revolution


 * Cultural history
 * Cyprus, History of
 * Czech Republic, History of

D

 * Dark Ages (historiography)
 * Death of Alexander the Great
 * Decolonization
 * Denmark, History of
 * Digital Age
 * Divine Right of Kings

E

 * Economic history
 * Education, History of
 * Egypt, History of
 * Ancient
 * Achaemenid
 * Ptolemaic
 * Roman
 * Arab
 * Ottoman
 * Muhammad Ali dynasty
 * Modern


 * Eighty Years' War
 * History of England
 * Reformation
 * Civil War


 * Ethiopia, History of
 * Europe, History of
 * European Union


 * Environmental history

F

 * Falkland Islands, History of
 * Fashion design, History of
 * Finland, History of
 * France, History of
 * Prehistoric
 * Gaul
 * Roman Gaul
 * Frankish Empire
 * In the Middle Ages
 * in the Early Modern Period
 * Revolution
 * First Republic
 * First Empire
 * Bourbon Restoration
 * July Monarchy
 * Second Republic
 * Second Empire
 * Third Republic
 * Vichy France
 * Provisional Government
 * Fourth Republic
 * Fifth Republic


 * Forest history

G

 * Gender history
 * Genealogy
 * Germany, History of
 * Germanic tribes
 * Migration period
 * Frankish Empire
 * Merovingian dynasty
 * Carolingian dynasty
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Early modern history of Germany
 * German confederation
 * North German Federation
 * German Empire
 * Weimar Republic
 * Nazi Germany
 * Partitions of Germany
 * East Germany
 * West Germany
 * Reunification of Germany
 * Ghana, History of
 * Great Depression
 * in Australia
 * in Canada
 * in France
 * in Latin America
 * in the Netherlands
 * in South Africa
 * in the United Kingdom
 * in the United States
 * Greece, History of
 * Guatemala, History of
 * Gunpowder warfare

H

 * Haiti, History of
 * Historical document
 * Historical method
 * Historical sociology
 * Historicism
 * Historiography
 * History
 * History from below
 * Holocaust, the
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Honduras, History of
 * Hong Kong, History of
 * Human history
 * Hundred Years' War
 * Hungary, History of
 * Huns

I

 * Iceland, History of
 * Ideas, History of
 * Imperialism
 * Inca Empire
 * India, History of
 * Middle kingdoms
 * Mughal Empire
 * British Raj
 * Republic


 * Indochina Wars
 * Indonesia, History of
 * Indus Valley civilization
 * Industrial Age
 * Industrial Revolution
 * Industrial warfare
 * Information Age
 * The Internet, History of
 * Inquisition
 * Iran, History of
 * Revolution


 * Ireland, History of
 * Early history of Ireland
 * Norman Ireland


 * Iron Age
 * Italy, History of

J

 * Jamaica, History of
 * Japan, History of
 * Ancient
 * Tokugawa shogunate
 * Imperial


 * Jersey, History of
 * Jordan, History of

K

 * Kazakhstan, History of
 * Kenya, History of
 * Korea, History of
 * Ancient
 * North
 * South
 * Korean War


 * Kosovo, History of
 * King Arthur

L

 * Labor history
 * Landscape history
 * Laos, History of
 * Latvia, History of
 * League of Nations
 * Lebanon, History of
 * Lesotho, History of
 * LGBT history
 * Liberia, History of
 * Libya, History of
 * Liechtenstein, History of
 * Lithuania, History of
 * Local history
 * Luxembourg, History of

M

 * Malaysia, History of
 * Maritime history
 * Maya civilization
 * Medicine, History of
 * Medieval warfare
 * Meiji Restoration
 * Mesoamerica
 * Mesolithic period
 * Mesopotamia
 * Mexico, History of
 * Middle Ages
 * Migration
 * Military Frontier
 * Military history
 * Prehistoric warfare
 * Ancient warfare
 * Medieval warfare
 * Early Modern warfare
 * Industrial warfare
 * Modern warfare
 * Minoan civilization
 * Modern history
 * Mongol Empire
 * Mozambique, History of
 * Music, History of
 * Prehistoric music
 * Ancient music
 * Early music
 * Medieval music
 * Renaissance music
 * Baroque music
 * Common practice period
 * Classical
 * Romantic music
 * 20th century music

N

 * Napoleonic Wars
 * Nationalism
 * Natural history
 * Naval history
 * Neolithic period
 * Nepal, History
 * New Imperialism
 * New Zealand, History of
 * Normans
 * North America, History of

O

 * Oceania, History of
 * Oman, History of
 * Oral history
 * Ottoman Empire

P

 * Pakistan, History of
 * Palaeography
 * Palau, History of
 * Paleolithic period
 * Palestine, History of
 * Panama, History of
 * Papua New Guinea, History of
 * Paraguay, History of
 * Parliamentary procedure, History of
 * Pearl Harbor
 * People's history
 * Periodization
 * Persian Empire
 * Peru, History of
 * Viceroyalty
 * War of Independence


 * Philippines, History of
 * Philosophy of history
 * Poland, History of
 * Under the Piasts
 * Under the Jagiellons
 * First Republic
 * Partitions
 * Second Republic
 * People's Republic


 * Political history
 * Political science, History of
 * Political thought, History of
 * Portugal, History of
 * Empire of
 * Civil War


 * Prehistory
 * Prehistoric art
 * Prehistoric music
 * Prehistoric warfare
 * Protohistory
 * Pseudohistory
 * Psychohistory

Q

 * Qatar, History of
 * Quantitative history

R

 * Rail transport, History of
 * Religion, History of
 * Renaissance
 * Restoration (disambiguation),
 * Bourbon
 * English
 * European
 * Meiji
 * Spanish
 * Swiss


 * Revolution,
 * 1848
 * American
 * Communist
 * Cuban
 * French
 * Industrial
 * Russian
 * Singing (Latvia)


 * Road transport, History of
 * Romani people, History of
 * Romania, History of
 * Rome,
 * Ancient
 * Empire of
 * Fall of
 * Republic of


 * Russia, History of
 * Tsardom
 * Empire
 * Revolution (1917)
 * USSR
 * post-Soviet Russia


 * Rwanda, History of

S

 * Science, History of
 * Scotland, History of
 * Scramble for Africa
 * Serbia, History of
 * Slavery, History of
 * Social history
 * Socialism, History of
 * Source, Primary
 * Source, Secondary
 * South Africa, History of
 * South America, History of
 * South India, History of
 * Space Age
 * Spain, History of
 * Empire of
 * Civil War


 * Sport, History of
 * Stone Age
 * Sweden, History of
 * Switzerland, History of
 * Syria, History of

T

 * Taiping Revolution
 * Telecommunication, History of
 * Thailand, History of
 * Three-age system
 * Trade, History of
 * Transport, History of
 * Turkey, History of

U

 * Uganda, History of
 * Ukraine, History of
 * United States, History of
 * Diplomatic history
 * Military history
 * Technological and industrial history
 * Economic history
 * Cultural history
 * Women's history
 * Native American history
 * Timeline
 * Pre-Columbian era
 * Colonial period
 * American Revolutionary War
 * 1776–1789
 * 1789–1849
 * 1849–1865
 * 1865–1918
 * 1918–1945
 * 1945–1964
 * 1964–1980
 * 1980–1991
 * 1991–present
 * United Kingdom, History of
 * Universal history
 * Uruguay, History of
 * USSR, History of the
 * Uzbekistan, History of

V

 * Vanuatu, History of
 * Vatican City, History of
 * Venezuela, History of
 * Venice, History of
 * Vietnam, History of
 * American War


 * Vikings
 * Viking Age

W

 * War
 * Warfare, Ancient
 * Western fashion, History of
 * Wildlife tracking technology, History of
 * Women's history
 * World history
 * World War I
 * World War II (Outline of World War II)
 * Writing, History of

X

 * Xinhai Revolution

Y

 * Yemen, History of

Z

 * Zambia, History of
 * Zanzibar, History of
 * Zimbabwe, History of