The following is a list of timeline articles:

Prehistory

• For events dating from the formation of the universe see: Timeline of the universe (Chronology of the 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.

Contents

• Prehistory
• History
• Future
• See also

• 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

Future

• For future timelines, see: Timelines of the future

See also

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

This article includes a history-related list of lists.
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