Timeline of world history

The timeline of world history details recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago (which marks the beginning of history) to the present day.

For events from ≈3350 BCE to ≈500 CE see: Timeline of ancient history
For events from the ≈500 to 1499, see: Timeline of mediaeval history
For events from 1500 to 1899, see: Timeline of early modern history
For events since 1900, see: Timeline of modern history

Prehistory

For events dating from before the invention of writing see: Timeline of prehistory

Future

For future timelines, see: Timeline of the future

See also

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