Timelines of world history explained

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 see: Timeline of ancient history
For events from, see: Timeline of post-classical history
For events from, see: Timelines of modern history

Future

For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future

See also