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Wikipedia's contents: Overviews

An overview is a survey of what is covered or included in an area. The following list of overviews of Wikipedia's coverage includes key articles organized by topic.

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Culture and the arts

Culture and Humanities  – By country • Celebrities • Classics • Cooking • Critical theory • Language • Literature • Movements • Mythology • Parapsychology • Philosophy • Popular culture • Religion • Traditions • Tourism

Art, The Arts, and Entertainment – Fashion • Festivals • Hobbies • Humor • Literature • Museums • Parties • Poetry
Performing arts – Busking • Comedy • Dance • Film • Music • Opera • Theatre
Textile arts – Applique • Crochet • Dyeing • Fabric (textiles) • Fiber • Knitting • Lace • Nålebinding • Needlework • Patchwork • Passementerie • Plying • Quilting • Rope • Sewing • Spinning • Tapestry • Textile printing • Weaving • Yarn
Visual arts – Architecture • Crafts • Design • Drawing • Film (Animation) • Painting • Photography • Sculpture • SPORTS
Games and Toys
Board game – Backgammon • Checkers • Chess • Go • Othello
Card game – Contract bridge • Magic: The Gathering • Poker • Solitaire
Computer and video games – Crackdown • Diddy Kong Racing • Final Fantasy • Gears of War • Wii Play • World of Warcraft
Role-playing games – d20 System • Dungeons & Dragons • GURPS  • Star Wars
Sports – Association football (soccer)  • American football (college football) • Baseball • Basketball • Cricket • Cue sports (billiards, pool & snooker) • Golf • Ice hockey • Olympics • Racing (cycling, Formula One) • Rugby (Rugby League, Rugby Union) • Swimming • Tennis
Mass media – Film • Internet (Blogosphere, Podcasts, and Websites) • Newspaper • Publications • Publishing • Radio • Television • Video games

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Geography and places

Main articles: Earth, Geography and Place

Geography – Atlas • City • Climate • Cultural geography • Demographics • Distance decay • Earth • Exploration • First law of geography • Geoarchaeology • Geocode • Geographer • Geographic information science • Geographic information system • History of geography • Hubbard Medal • Land cover • Map • Minimum bounding rectangle • Park • Philosophy of Geography • Place • Population Density • Quantitative revolution • Region • Regionalisation • Sense of place • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Subterranea • Surveying

Branches of Geography
Physical geography – Biogeography • Climatology • Coastal/Marine studies • Environmental geography • Geodesy • Geomorphology • Hydrology (Glaciology, Oceanography, Limnology) • Landscape ecology • Palaeogeography • Pedology
Human geography – Behavioral geography • Children's geographies • Cultural geography • Economic geography • Environmental geography • Feminist geography • Development geography • Health geography • Historical geography • Military geography • Political geography, including Geopolitics • Population geography or Demography • Regional geography • Social geography • Strategic geography • Time geography • Tourism geography • Urban geography
Geographical features
Natural geographical features
Landforms – Badlands • Bluff • Canyon • Cave • Cliff • Coast • Continent • Coral reef • Cove • Crater • Cuesta • Dale • Dell • Desert • Escarpment • Fen • Fjord • Foothills • Forest • Geyser • Glacier • Glen • Gully • Grassland • Highland • Hill • Hoodoo (geology) • Island • Knoll • Landform • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain pass • Mountain range • Plain • Plateau • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ravine • Ridge • Sandbar • Savanna • Steppe • Tundra • Vale • Valley • Volcano • Wetland
Bodies of water – Bay • Cape • Cave • Channel • Cove • Delta • Estuary • Fjord • Geyser • Gulf • Inlet • Lagoon • Lake • Marsh • Ocean • Pond • River • Sea • Sound • Source (river or stream) • Spring (hydrosphere) • Strait • Stream  Swamp • Tide pool • Vernal pool • Waterfall • Watershed • Waterway • Wetland
Manmade geographical features – Airport • Aqueduct • Artificial dwelling hill • Artificial island • Artificial reef • Breakwater • Bridge • Canal • Causeway • Country • Country subdivision • Dam (Dike, Levee) • Farm • Manmade harbor • Marina • Nation • National park • Nature reserve • Orchard • Park • Pier • Pipeline • Port • Railway • Ranch • Reservoir • Road (Highway, Race track, Street) • Settlement (Village, Town, City, Megalopolis) • Subsidence crater • Ski resort • Train station • Tree farm • Tunnel • Viaduct • Wharf • Wildlife reserve
The World(Earth and places on it)
By hemisphere – New World • Old World |  Eastern world • Western world |  Eastern Hemisphere • Western Hemisphere |  Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere
By cultural region – Anglosphere • Arab world • Chinese world (Sinosphere) • Indosphere
By ordinal classification – First World • Second World • Third World • Fourth World • Fifth World
By economic development – Developed countries • Developing countries • Least Developed Countries
By continent – Africa • Antarctica • Australia • Eurasia • North America • South America
Countries of the World:

Countries of Africa

Countries of Asia

Countries of Europe

Countries of North America

Countries of Oceania

Countries of South America

Antarctic

Arctic

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Health and fitness


Main articles: Health, Self-care, and Health science

General  – Environmental health • Health care • Health disparities • Health education • Health profession • Mental health • Population health • Preventive medicine • Public health

Self-care – Body Composition • General Fitness Training • Life extension • Longevity • Physical fitness

Nutrition – Bodybuilding nutrition • Calorie restriction • Dietary supplements (Amino acids, Bodybuilding supplement, Minerals, Nootropics, Nutraceuticals, Nutrients, Vitamins) • Diet (nutrition) • Dieting • Healthy diet • Healthy eating • Healthy eating pyramid
Physical exercise – Stretching • Warming up • Training effect • Exercise intensity • Exercise equipment • Exercise machines • Overtraining • Sport • Sport agility
Aerobic exercise – Aerobics • Cycling • Exercise equipment • Exercise machines • Jumping rope • Running • Swimming • Walking
Anaerobics – Bodyweight exercise • Calisthenics • Circuit training • Weight training • Weight training exercises
Sports training – Altitude training • Boxing training • Brick workouts • Complex training • Cross training • Grip srength training • Interval training • Long Slow Distance • Strength training • Weight training
Hygiene – Cleanliness • Oral hygiene • Sleep hygiene  • Occupational hygiene

Health science – Nutrition • Optometry • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Public health • Speech-Language Pathology

Medicine – Midwifery • Nursing • Veterinary medicine • Complementary and alternative medicine
Dentistry – Dental hygiene and Epidemiology • Dental surgery • Endodontics • Orthodontics • Oral and maxillofacial surgery • Periodontics • Prosthodontics • Implantology
Human medicine – Cardiology • Endocrinology and Diabetology • Epidemiology • Forensics • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Health science • Nephrology • Neurology • Neurosurgery • Oncology • Orthopedic surgery • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry (see also: Anti-psychiatry*) • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology
Illness  – Aging • Alcoholism • Atrophy • Deficiency disease • Depression • Disease • Diseases of affluence • Disorders (types) • Drug abuse • Eating disorder • Foodborne illness • Malnutrition • Obesity • Overtraining • Senescence • Smoking
Life extension  – Calorie restriction • Cryonics • DNA repair • Engineered negligible senescence • Human enhancement • Longevity • Maximum lifespan • Orthomolecular medicine • Posthuman • Preventive medicine • Procreative beneficence • Rejuvenation • Transhumanism

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History and events


History by region – Ancient Egypt • Babylonia • Classics (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) • Ancient China

History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America • South Asia
History by country

History by period Historiography • Timelines • Ancient History • Middle Ages • Renaissance • Modern history • Future history

The Ages of history – Stone Age • Copper Age • Bronze Age • Iron Age • Axial Age • Dark Age • Middle Ages • Viking Age • Age of Discovery • Age of Enlightenment • Industrial Age  • Information Age • Space Age • Digital Age   (See also the List of time periods)

History by subject

Cultural history Banking • Money
History of art Dance • Film • Music • Painting • Theatre
History of sport American football  • Baseball • Billiards • Cricket • Football • Formula One • Skiing • Swimming
History of mathematics Calculus
History of philosophy Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary
History of logic • History of Western philosophy
History of science Theories/sociology • Historiography • Pseudoscience • Scientific method
History of the natural sciencesAstronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics
History of the social sciencesAnthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology
History of science by era In early cultures • In Classical Antiquity • In the Middle Ages • In the Renaissance • Scientific Revolution
History of technology Agriculture & agricultural science • Architecture • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport

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Mathematics and logic

Formal sciences – Information theory • Logic • Statistics • Theoretical computer science

Mathematics – Algebra • Arithmetic • Calculus • Cognitive science of mathematics • Equations • Geometry • Mathematical analysis • Mathematics education • Mathematical practice • Measurement • Numbers • Philosophy of mathematics • Pre-calculus • Probability • Proofs • Theorems • Trigonometry • Unsolved problems in mathematics

Applied mathematics – Actuarial science • Approximation theory and representation theory • Bioinformatics • Continuous modelling • Control theory • Cryptography  • Differential equations (ODEs and PDEs) • Financial mathematics • Graph theory (as applied to network analysis) • Information theory • Game theory • Mathematical biology • Mathematical economics • Mathematical methods of engineering • Mathematical physics • Matrix theory • Nonlinear optimization • Numerical analysis/scientific computing • Operations research, including linear programming • Parts of theoretical computer science • Probability • Statistics

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Natural and physical sciences


Main articles: Natural science and Nature   See also Science, Scientific method, and Fields of science

Biology Anatomy (Human anatomy) • Astrobiology • Biochemistry • Bioinformatics • Biological anthropology • Biophysics • Botany • Cell biology • Developmental biology • Ecology • Evolutionary biology • Genetics (Molecular genetics, Population genetics) • Genomics • Marine biology • Histology • Human biology • Microbiology • Molecular biology • Neuroscience (Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Origin of life • Paleontology • Parasitology • Pathology • Physiology • Taxonomy • Zoology (Ethology)

Physical sciences Anthropology • Astronomy • Chemistry (Unsolved problems in chemistry) • Earth science • Ecology • Heuristic • History of science • Information science • Life extension • Physics (Unsolved problems in physics) • Protoscience • Scientific method • Scientist • Space • Systems theory

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People and self

Person – Biography • Character orientation • Consciousness • Gender • Health • Human • Human body • Identity • Individual • Intelligence • Moral character • Personal identity • Personality • Physical fitness • Values • Virtues

Self – in philosophy • in psychology • in sociology • Self-actualization • Self-awareness • Self-education • Self-care • Self-concept • Self control • Self disclosure • Self-efficacy • Self-esteem • Self harm • Self help • Self-identity • Self image • Self-management • Self monitoring • Self-perception • Self-realization • Self-regulated learning • Self talk
Personal life • Adventure • Aging (life cycle) • Career • Citizenship • Education • Employment • Everyday life • Experience • Family • Friendship • Goal • Health maintenance • Home • Homemaking • Human condition • Human ecology • Interpersonal relationship • Intimate relationship • Kinship • Leisure • Life • Lifestyle • Lifeworld • Manual labour • Maslow's hierarchy of needs • Meaning of life • Pets • Physical quality-of-life index • Profession • Purpose • Pursuit of happiness • Quality of life • Quality time • Real life • Sex life • Travel • Work-life balance
People – Adult • Alien (foreigner) • Artist • Businessperson • Child • Clergy • Doctor • Employee • Employer • Engineer • Father • Genius • Geographer • Historian • Human • Indigenous peoples • Inventor • Laborer • Leader • Man • Mathematician • Minor • Mother • Nun • Official • Parent • Politician • Polymath • Priest • Professional • Scientist • Technologist • Woman • Youth

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Philosophy and thinking

Philosophy – Being • Common sense • Feminist philosophy • Futurology • Goodness and value theory • Happiness • ism • Meaning of life • Mind • Rhetoric • Unsolved problems in philosophy

By region – Eastern philosophy • Western philosophy
Branches of philosophy – Aesthetics • Ethics • Epistemology • Logic • Metaphysics
Subdisciplines of philosophy – Education • Geography • History • Human nature • Language • Law • Literature • Mathematics • Mind • Philosophy • Physics • Politics • Psychology • Religion • Science • Social science • Technology  • War
Schools of philosophy – Analytic philosophy • Continental Philosophy • Critical theory • Deconstructivism • Determinism • Dialectical materialism • Empiricism • Existentialism • Hegelianism • Hermeneutics • Humanism • Idealism • Logical Positivism • Materialism • Neoplatonism • Nihilism • Ordinary Language • Phenomenology • Platonism • Positivism • Postmodernism • Poststructuralism • Pragmatism • Presocratic • Rationalism • Reformational • Relativism • Scholasticism • Skepticism • Stoicism • Structuralism • Transhumanism  • Utilitarianism

Thinking – Awareness • Creative processes • Decision making • Emotional intelligence • Learning • Memory • Problem solving • Reason • Reasoning • Teaching

Qualities of thought – Accuracy • Cogency • Effectiveness • Efficacy • Efficiency • Frugality • Ilities • Promptness • Prudence • Right • Soundness • Validity • Value theory • Wrong
Thinking errors – Cognitive bias • Cognitive distortion • Error • Fallacy • Fallacies of definition • Logical fallacy • Mistake • Rhetoric • Target fixation
Related – Genius • High IQ society • Mensa  • Nootropics ("smart drugs") • Philomath  • Polymath

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Religion and belief systems


Main article: Religion  See also: Relationship between religion and science

Allah • Belief • Biblical inspiration • Buddha • Confucious • Deity • Demon • Devil • Exorcism • Heresy • Inspiration • Faith • God • Jesus • Holy Spirit • Morality • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Revelation • Ritual • Sin • Supernatural • Virtue 

Belief Systems – Acosmism • Agnosticism • Animism • Antitheism • Atheism • Binitarianism • Deism • Determinism • Duotheism • Esotericism • Eutheism and dystheism • Freethought • Gnosticism • Henotheism • Humanism • Ignosticism • Kathenotheism • Monism • Monotheism • Monolatrism • Mysticism • New Age • Nondualism • Nontheism • Pandeism • Panentheism • Pantheism • Polydeism • Polytheism • Secular • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theism • Theopanism • Transcendentalism • Transtheism • Trinitarianism • Unitarianism

Major beliefs of the world  – Antireligion • Ayyavazhi • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese folk religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Diasporic • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Irreligious • Islam • Neopaganism • Jainism • Judaism • Rastafari • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Zoroastrianism

See also: Criticism of religion

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Society and social sciences

Main articles: Social sciences and Society  See also Science and Scientific method

Social sciences – Anthropology • Archaeology • Cognitive science (Unsolved problems in cognitive science) • Communication studies • Critical theory • Cultural studies • Development studies • Economics (Unsolved problems in economics) • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics  (Unsolved problems in linguistics) • Law • Political science • Psychology • Social policy • Sociology

Society – Ethnic groups • Group • Infrastructure • People

Community – Structure and agency • Socialization • Sense of community • Communitarianism • Social capital • Community development
Social development – Decadence • Social progress • Technological evolution
Sociocultural evolution, the progression:  Hunter-gatherer bands → Social rank → tribes → Social stratification → chiefdoms → Neolithic Revolution →→→ Civilization: Agrarian society (Pre-industrial society): Agrarian villages → Towns → Cities → City-states → Nation-states →→ Industrial Revolution → (Modern) Industrial society →→ (Postmodern) Post-industrial society → Informational Revolution → Information society → Digital Revolution →→ Globalization → World government? → Space colonization?
Social institutions – Organization
Family – Daughter • Extended family • Father • Grandparent • Home • Human bonding • Mother • Nuclear family • Parent • Son
Religion – (see #Religion and belief systems above)
Infrastructure
Public infrastructure – highways • streets • roads • bridges • mass transit • airports and airways • water supply and water resources • wastewater management • solid-waste treatment and disposal • electric power
Private infrastructure – Automobiles • Homes • Personal computers • Personal property • Real estate
Economy and Business – Finance • Management • Marketing
Education – Academia • Homework • Learning • Pedagogy • School • Student • Study skills • Teacher
Civil society –
Government and Politics – Politics by country • Criminal justice • International relations • Law • Public affairs
Social network – Communication • Social capital

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Technology and applied sciences


Main articles: Technology and Applied sciences

Technological concepts and issues • Appropriate technology • Diffusion of innovations • Doomsday device • Externality • High technology • History of science and technology • History of technology • Industry • Innovation • Knowledge economy • Persuasion technology • Pollution • Posthumanism • Precautionary principle • Research and development • Strategy of technology • Superpowers • Technicism • Technocapitalism • Technocriticism • Techno-progressivism • Technological convergence • Technological evolution • Technological determinism • Technological diffusion • Technological singularity • Technology acceptance model • Technology assessment • Technology lifecycle • Technology transfer • Technology Tree • Technorealism • Timeline of invention • Transhumanism

Technologies and applied sciences • Aerospace • Agriculture, agricultural science, & agronomy • Architecture • Artificial intelligence • Automation • Automobile • Big Science • Biotechnology • Cartography • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Programming, Software engineering, List of open problems in computer science) • Construction • Dentistry • Design • Education • Electronics • Energy development • Energy storage • Engineering • Ergonomics • Family and consumer science • Firefighting • Forensics • Forestry • Free software • Health sciences • Health • Industry • Information science • Information technology • Internet • Library and information science • Machines • Management • Manufacturing • Marketing • Mass communication • Mass production • Medicine (Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Military science • Military technology and equipment • Mining • Nanotechnology • Nuclear technology • Nutrition • Processes • Robotics • Space exploration • Technology forecasting • Telecommunications • Tools • Transport (By country) • Vehicles • Weapons

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