Timelines of world history
| Part of a series on |
| Human history |
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| ↑ Prehistory (Stone Age) (Pleistocene epoch) |
| ↓ Future |
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 – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history
- For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, 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