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History by period
 * History of Earth
 * History of the world
 * News

History by chronology

 * Chronology of the Universe
 * Formation and evolution of the Solar System
 * Geological history of Earth
 * Evolutionary history of life
 * History of the world (see also: World history)
 * Universal history
 * Ancient history
 * Prehistory
 * Classical antiquity
 * Post-classical history
 * Modern history
 * Early modern period
 * Late modern period
 * Contemporary history
 * Pre-Columbian
 * Mesoamerican chronology
 * Renaissance
 * Future history

Prehistoric Ages

 * Stone Age
 * Paleolithic
 * Lower Paleolithic – (Homo, Stone tools, spread of Homo Erectus to Eurasia, control of fire, and later spears, pigments, constructed shelter)
 * Middle Paleolithic – (Recent African origin of modern humans, Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis; clothing, beads, burial, bedding, bone tools)
 * Upper Paleolithic – (behavioral modernity, atlatl, domestication of dogs)
 * Mesolithic – (microliths, bow, canoes)
 * Neolithic – (domestication, nomadic pastoralism, agriculture, proto-cities)
 * Stone Age Levant
 * Tell Halaf
 * Ubaid period
 * Neolithic Europe – (Linear Pottery, Vinča culture)
 * Neolithic China
 * Neolithic South Asia
 * Mehrgarh
 * Paleo-Indians (Americas)
 * Chalcolithic (Copper Age) – (Yamna culture, Corded Ware)
 * Uruk period
 * Europe – (Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica)

Historic Ages

 * Ancient Age
 * Bronze Age
 * Iron Age
 * Postclassical Age (Middle Ages)
 * Early Middle Ages
 * High Middle Ages
 * Late Middle Ages
 * Modern Age
 * Early modern Age
 * Late Modern Age
 * Contemporary Age

Other Ages

 * Axial Age
 * Dark Age
 * Viking Age
 * Age of Discovery
 * Age of Reason
 * Age of Enlightenment
 * Industrial Age
 * Atomic Age
 * Information Age
 * Space Age