Curated category
World history
- Human historyModern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago. They initially lived as hunter-gatherers and migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age.
- Early modern periodThe year 1453 marked the fall of Constantinople, a moment that many historians cite as the starting point for the early modern period.
- History of EarthEarth formed around 4.54 billion years ago from a rotating cloud of interstellar dust and gas called the solar nebula. This process began when a nearby…
- PrehistoryThe period known as prehistory begins with the first use of stone tools by hominins millions of years ago. It ends when writing systems appear, marking the…
- Post-classical historyThe year 500 CE marks a turning point in human history, as the Western Roman Empire had fallen and new powers began to rise across Eurasia.
- Journal of World HistoryJerry H. Bentley established the Journal of World History in 1990 at the University of Hawaii. This new publication served as the official journal for the…