World History

This is the Projeda Encyclopedia collection of knowledge on World History.

Table of Contents

The following list are links to the table of contents for specific periods of World History.

• World Prehistory —
• Ancient History — The first phase of World History proper with the invention of writing, and the emergence of the world’s first high civilizations.
• Medieval History —
• Modern History —
• The History of the World — A global history focusing on cultural history of peoples and geographic regions, including the divisions of historical ages within each cultural group.

World Prehistory [300,000 — 3000 BC]

• Preface
  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents
• Chapter I — Introduction
  • Major Methods of Dating The Past
• Chapter II — The Story of Us All
  • Out of Africa
  • The First European People
  • The Dispersal of Humans Across The Globe
  • The Neolithic Revolution
  • The Neolithic Age
  • Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period
  • The Beginning of the Neolithic in the Levant
  • Neolithic Asia
  • Neolithic Europe
• The Prehistory of Asia
  • Prehistory of Asia
  • The City of Bhirrana in Prehistoric India
• The Prehistory of Europe
  • The Battle Axe Culture of Scandinavia
• The Prehistory of the Americas
  • Paleo-Indians
  • Kennewick Man
• The Prehistory of Oceania
  • The Australian Aboriginal People
• The Prehistory of Africa
• Encyclopaedia
  • The Effect of Competition on Speciation in the Human Lineage [I]

Ancient History [3000 BC — 500 CE]

• Mesopotamian History
  • Introduction
  • The Study of Mesopotamia
    • Sir Leonard Woolley
• Sumerian History
  • Introduction
  • The Mythical Foundations of Sumer
    • Adapa and the Mythical Foundations of Sumer
  • Early Sumerian History

Medieval History [500-1500]

• Medieval History
• The Middle Ages of Europe
• Mongol Empire
  • Mongol Invasions of Georgia

Modern History [1500-Present]

• Modern Asian History
  • Modern Chinese History
    • Republican China
    • Nanjing Massacre [December 1937 – January 1938]
    • The People’s Republic of China [1949–present]
  • Modern Russian History
    • Russia’s Human-Ape Hybrid Experiments Under Stalin
    • Russo-Ukrainian War [2014 – ]
    • Russian Invasion of Ukraine [24 February 2022 – ]
    • Povolzhye Famine :: The Russian Famine of 1921–1922

Wars and Conflicts

• Russo-Ukrainian War [2014– ]
  • Russian Invasion of Ukraine [24 February 2022 – ]
  • Operation UNIFER :: Canadian Armed Forces Training & Aid Operation in Ukraine [2015–2025]

The History of the World

While the contents above breaks up history into specific periods based on historical ages, the following table of contents is shifted towards a cultural perspective. Divided geographically, but orientated towards the history of the individual cultures that thrived in that geographical region, organized chronologically (as best as can be achieved) within that region.

The History of the World is such from a chronological perspective, rather than a continuous cultural perspective, by period of history. We study Ancient History, then Classic History, Middle History, and finally Modern History.

• Africa
• Americas
  • Native American History
  • Tribes of the Americas
    • Algonquian Peoples
      • Myths & Legends of the Algonquian Peoples
    • Anishinaabe People
      • Anishinaabe Mythology
        • The Anishinaabe Myth of the Seven Miigis
  • Native American Culture
    • Wigwam
• Asia
• Europe
  • European Prehistory
    • Neolithic Europe
  • Northern Europe
    • The Battle Axe Culture
  • The British Isles
  • Central Europe
• The Near East — The Middle East, Western Asia, Anatolia, extended to include Central Asia.
  • The Beginning of the Neolithic In The Levant

A Chronological History of the World

The following takes a slightly different approach, in which the History of the World is organized by period or age, and then by culture within it. So, for example, above history is organized with a focus on geography and culture. Asian history…

This is not a comprehensive text — nor is it meant to be, since human history is too vast to be covered in its totality within a hundred thousand volumes — rather, it is a collection of pieces that mark significant periods and shifts in the ages of humanity.

The Stone Age

Paleolithic — Old Stone Age

• Paleolithic [2.5 Mya – c.20,000 BCE]
  • Early / Lower Paleolithic
  • Middle Paleolithic
  • Late / Upper Paleolithic

Mesolithic — Middle Stone Age

• Mesolithic [c.20,000 – c.10,000 BCE]

Neolithic — New Stone Age

• Neolithic [c.10,000 BCE – c.3300 BCE]
  • Neolithic Cultures of the Near East, Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent
    • Heavy Neolithic
    • Shepherd Neolithic
    • Trihedral Neolithic
    • Pre-pottery A & Pre-pottery B
    • Qaraoun Culture
    • Tahunian Culture
    • Yarmukian Culture
    • Halaf Culture
    • Halaf-Ubaid Transitional Period
    • Ubaid Culture
    • Neolithic Cultures of the Nile Valley
      • Faiyum Culture
      • Tasian Culture
      • Merimde Culture
      • El Omari Culture
      • Maadi Culture
      • Badari Culture
      • Amratian Culture
  • Neolithic Cultures of Europe
    • Arzachena Culture [3000-2000 BCE]
    • Boian Culture
    • Butmir Culture
  • Neolithic Cultures of China
    • Peiligang culture
    • Pengtoushan culture
    • Beixin culture
    • Cishan culture
    • Dadiwan culture
    • Houli culture
    • Xinglongwa culture
    • Xinle culture
    • Zhaobaogou culture
    • Hemudu culture
    • Daxi culture
    • Majiabang culture
    • Yangshao culture
    • Hongshan culture
    • Dawenkou culture
    • Songze culture
    • Liangzhu culture
    • Majiayao culture
    • Qujialing culture
    • Longshan culture
    • Baodun culture
    • Shijiahe culture
    • Yueshi culture
    • Tibet

• Bronze Age
  • The Near East (including Egypt) [3300-1200 BCE]
    • Mesopotamia
    • Egypt
    • Anatolia
    • The Levant
    • Caucasus
    • Elam
    • Sistan
    • Canaan
    • Late Bronze Age Collapse
  • Indian Subcontinent [3300-1200 BCE]
    • Indus Valley Civilisation
    • Bronze Age India
    • Ochre Coloured Pottery
    • Cemetery H
  • Europe [3100-600 BCE]
    • Aegean (Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean)
    • Caucasus
    • Catacomb culture
    • Srubnaya culture
    • Beaker culture
    • Apennine culture
    • Terramare culture
    • Unetice culture
    • Tumulus culture
    • Urnfield culture
    • Proto-Villanovan culture
    • Hallstatt culture
    • Canegrate culture
    • Golasecca culture
    • Atlantic Bronze Age
    • Bronze Age Britain
    • Nordic / Scandinavian Bronze Age [1700-500 BCE]
  • East Asia [3100-300 BCE]
    • Erlitou
    • Erligang
    • Gojoseon
    • Jomon
    • Majiayao
    • Mumun
    • Qijia
    • Siwa
    • Wucheng
    • Xindian
    • Yueshi
    • Xia dynasty
    • Shang dynasty
    • Zhou dynasty
• Iron Age
  • Ancient Near East (1200-550 BCE)
  • Europe
    • Aegean 1190-700 BCE
    • Italy 1100 – 700 BCE
    • Balkans (1100 BCE – 150 CE)
    • Eastern Europe (900 – 650 BCE)
    • Central Europe (800 – 50 BCE)
    • Great Britain (800 BCE – 100 CE)
    • Northern Europe (500 BCE – 800 CE)
  • East Asia [1200 BCE – 200 BCE]
  • South Asia [500 BCE – 300 CE]

Further Reading

1. List of Neolithic Cultures of China | Wikipedia