# Index of history articles

History is the study of the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies as preserved primarily through written sources. This is a list of history topics covered on English Wikipedia:
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Abkhazia, History of
* Adena culture
* Afghanistan, History of
* Africa, History of
* Age of Discovery
* Age of Enlightenment
* Age of Exploration
* Age of Reason
* Age of Sail
* Agriculture, History of
* Akrotiri and Dhekelia, History of
* Åland, History of
* Albania, History of
* Alfred the Great
* Algeria, History of
* Alternative history
* American history
* American Revolution
* American Samoa, History of
* Ancient China
* Ancient Egypt
* Ancient Greece
* Ancient history
* Ancient India
* Ancient Japan
* Ancient Korea
* Ancient Rome
* Ancient warfare
* Andorra, History of
* Angola, History of
* Anguilla, History of
* Antigua and Barbuda, History of
* Archaeology
* Architecture, History of
* Argentina
* Armenia, History of
* Art history
* Aruba, History of
* Ascension Island, History of
* Asia, History of
* Assyria
* Atomic Age
* Australia, History of
   * Prehistory
   * Before 1788
   * 1788–1850
   * 1851–1900
   * 1901–1945
   * Since 1945
* Austria, History of
* Aviation history
* Axial Age
* Azerbaijan, History of
* Aztecs

## B

* Bahamas, History of the
* Bahrain, History of
* Bangladesh, History of
   * East Pakistan
* Battle
* Babylonia
* Banking, History of
* Barda, History of
* Belarus, History of
* Belgium, History of
* Bias
* Bibliography of history
* Biography
* Botswana, History of
* Brazil, History of
   * Colonial
   * Empire
* Britain, History of
   * Ancient
   * Roman
   * Empire
* Bronze Age
* Business history
* Byzantine Empire

## C

* Cambodia, History of
* Cameroon, History of
* Canada, History of
** First Nations
* Carolingian Renaissance
** Carolingian writing
** Carolingian art
** Carolingian architecture
** Carolingian music
* Chad, History of
* China, History of
   * Xia dynasty
   * Shang dynasty
   * Zhou dynasty
   * Qin dynasty
   * Han dynasty
   * Three Kingdoms
   * First Jin dynasty
   * Sixteen Kingdoms
   * Southern and Northern dynasties
   * Sui dynasty
   * Tang dynasty
   * Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
   * Liao dynasty
   * Song dynasty
   * Western Xia dynasty
   * Second Jin dynasty
   * Yuan dynasty
   * Ming dynasty
   * Qing dynasty
   * Republic of
   * People's Republic of
* Chile, History of
* Chronology
* Cold War
* Colombia, History of
* Colonialism, History of
* Contemporary history
* Congo, Democratic Republic
* Congo, Republic
* Copper Age
* Croatia, History of
* Crusades
   * First
   * Second
   * Third
   * Livonian
   * German
   * Fourth
   * Albigensian
   * Children's
   * Fifth
   * Prussian
   * Sixth
   * Seventh
   * Shepherds' 1251
   * Eighth
   * Ninth
   * Aragonese
   * Shepherds' 1320
   * Alexandrian
   * Nicopolis
   * Northern
   * Hussite
   * Varna
   * Otranto
   * Ottoman–Habsburg wars
   * Lepanto
   * Vienna
* Cuba, History of
   * Revolution
* Cultural history
* Cyprus, History of
* Czech Republic, History of

## D

* Dark Ages (historiography)
* Death of Alexander the Great
* Decolonization
* Denmark, History of
* Digital Age
* Divine Right of Kings

## E

* Economic history
* Education, History of
* Egypt, History of
   * Ancient
   * Achaemenid
   * Ptolemaic
   * Roman
   * Arab
   * Ottoman
   * Muhammad Ali dynasty
   * Modern
* Eighty Years' War
* History of England
   * Reformation
   * Civil War
* Ethiopia, History of
* Europe, History of
   * European Union
* Environmental history

## F

* Falkland Islands, History of
* Fashion design, History of
* Finland, History of
* France, History of
   * Prehistoric
   * Gaul
   * Roman Gaul
   * Frankish Empire
   * In the Middle Ages
   * in the Early Modern Period
   * Revolution
   * First Republic
   * First Empire
   * Bourbon Restoration
   * July Monarchy
   * Second Republic
   * Second Empire
   * Third Republic
   * Vichy France
   * Provisional Government
   * Fourth Republic
   * Fifth Republic
* Forest history

## G

* Gender history
* Genealogy
* Germany, History of
** Germanic tribes
** Migration period
** Frankish Empire
*** Merovingian dynasty
*** Carolingian dynasty
** Holy Roman Empire
** Early modern history of Germany
** German confederation
** North German Federation
** German Empire
** Weimar Republic
** Nazi Germany
** Partitions of Germany
*** East Germany
*** West Germany
** Reunification of Germany
* Ghana, History of
* Great Depression
** in Australia
** in Canada
** in France
** in Latin America
** in the Netherlands
** in South Africa
** in the United Kingdom
** in the United States
* Greece, History of
* Guatemala, History of
* Gunpowder warfare

## H

* Haiti, History of
* Historical document
* Historical method
* Historical sociology
* Historicism
* Historiography
* History
* History from below
* Holocaust, the
* Holy Roman Empire
* Honduras, History of
* Hong Kong, History of
* Human history
* Hundred Years' War
* Hungary, History of
* Huns

## I

* Iceland, History of
* Ideas, History of
* Imperialism
* Inca Empire
* India, History of
   * Middle kingdoms
   * Mughal Empire
   * British Raj
   * Republic
* Indochina Wars
* Indonesia, History of
* Indus Valley civilization
* Industrial Age
* Industrial Revolution
* Industrial warfare
* Information Age
* The Internet, History of
* Inquisition
* Iran, History of
   * Revolution
* Ireland, History of
   * Early history of Ireland
   * Norman Ireland
* Iron Age
* Italy, History of

## J

* Jamaica, History of
* Japan, History of
   * Ancient
   * Tokugawa shogunate
   * Imperial
* Jersey, History of
* Jordan, History of

## K

* Kazakhstan, History of
* Kenya, History of
* Korea, History of
   * Ancient
   * North
   * South
   * Korean War
* Kosovo, History of
* King Arthur

## L

* Labor history
* Landscape history
* Laos, History of
* Latvia, History of
* League of Nations
* Lebanon, History of
* Lesotho, History of
* LGBT history
* Liberia, History of
* Libya, History of
* Liechtenstein, History of
* Lithuania, History of
* Local history
* Luxembourg, History of

## M

* Malaysia, History of
* Maritime history
* Maya civilization
* Medicine, History of
* Medieval warfare
* Meiji Restoration
* Mesoamerica
* Mesolithic period
* Mesopotamia
* Mexico, History of
* Middle Ages
* Migration
* Military Frontier
* Military history
** Prehistoric warfare
** Ancient warfare
** Medieval warfare
** Early Modern warfare
** Industrial warfare
** Modern warfare
* Minoan civilization
* Modern history
* Mongol Empire
* Mozambique, History of
* Music, History of
** Prehistoric music
** Ancient music
** Early music
*** Medieval music
*** Renaissance music
*** Baroque music
** Common practice period
*** Classical
*** Romantic music
** 20th century music

## N

* Napoleonic Wars
* Nationalism
* Natural history
* Naval history
* Neolithic period
* Nepal, History
* New Imperialism
* New Zealand, History of
* Normans
* North America, History of

## O

* Oceania, History of
* Oman, History of
* Oral history
* Ottoman Empire

## P

* Pakistan, History of
* Palaeography
* Palau, History of
* Paleolithic period
* Palestine, History of
* Panama, History of
* Papua New Guinea, History of
* Paraguay, History of
* Parliamentary procedure, History of
* Pearl Harbor
* People's history
* Periodization
* Persian Empire
* Peru, History of
   * Viceroyalty
   * War of Independence
* Philippines, History of
* Philosophy of history
* Poland, History of
   * Under the Piasts
   * Under the Jagiellons
   * First Republic
   * Partitions
   * Second Republic
   * People's Republic
* Political history
* Political science, History of
* Political thought, History of
* Portugal, History of
   * Empire of
   * Civil War
* Prehistory
* Prehistoric art
* Prehistoric music
* Prehistoric warfare
* Protohistory
* Pseudohistory
* Psychohistory

## Q

* Qatar, History of
* Quantitative history

## R

* Rail transport, History of
* Religion, History of
* Renaissance
* Restoration (disambiguation),
   * Bourbon
   * English
   * European
   * Meiji
   * Spanish
   * Swiss
* Revolution,
   * 1848
   * American
   * Communist
   * Cuban
   * French
   * Industrial
   * Russian
   * Singing (Latvia)
* Road transport, History of
* Romani people, History of
* Romania, History of
* Rome,
   * Ancient
   * Empire of
   * Fall of
   * Republic of
* Russia, History of
   * Tsardom
   * Empire
   * Revolution (1917)
   * USSR
   * post-Soviet Russia
* Rwanda, History of

## S

* Science, History of
* Scotland, History of
* Scramble for Africa
* Serbia, History of
* Slavery, History of
* Social history
* Socialism, History of
* Source, Primary
* Source, Secondary
* South Africa, History of
* South America, History of
* South India, History of
* Space Age
* Spain, History of
   * Empire of
   * Civil War
* Sport, History of
* Stone Age
* Sweden, History of
* Switzerland, History of
* Syria, History of

## T

* Taiping Revolution
* Telecommunication, History of
* Thailand, History of
* Three-age system
* Trade, History of
* Transport, History of
* Turkey, History of

## U

* Uganda, History of
* Ukraine, History of
* United States, History of
** Diplomatic history
** Military history
** Technological and industrial history
** Economic history
** Cultural history
** Women's history
** Native American history
** Timeline
*** Pre-Columbian era
*** Colonial period
*** American Revolutionary War
*** 1776–1789
*** 1789–1849
*** 1849–1865
*** 1865–1918
*** 1918–1945
*** 1945–1964
*** 1964–1980
*** 1980–1991
*** 1991–present
* United Kingdom, History of
* Universal history
* Uruguay, History of
* USSR, History of the
* Uzbekistan, History of

## V

* Vanuatu, History of
* Vatican City, History of
* Venezuela, History of
* Venice, History of
* Vietnam, History of
   * American War
* Vikings
* Viking Age

## W

* War
* Warfare, Ancient
* Western fashion, History of
* Wildlife tracking technology, History of
* Women's history
* World history
* World War I
* World War II (Outline of World War II)
* Writing, History of

## X

* Xinhai Revolution

## Y

* Yemen, History of

## Z

* Zambia, History of
* Zanzibar, History of
* Zimbabwe, History of