Timelines of world history

The following is a list of timeline articles:

• 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

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

• For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future

• ChronoZoom
• Human history
• List of years
• List of decades, centuries, and millennia

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