Timelines of world history

The following is a list of timeline articles:

Prehistory

 * For events dating from the formation of the universe see: Timeline of the early universe
 * For events dating from the formation of the planet to the rise of modern humans see: Timeline of natural history, Timeline of the evolutionary history of life and Timeline of human evolution.
 * For events dating from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to before the invention of writing see: Timeline of prehistory

History
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day.


 * For events from c. 3200 BC see: Timeline of ancient history
 * For events from c. 500, see: Timeline of post-classical history
 * For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history

Future

 * For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future