World history (disambiguation)

World history or history of the world usually refers to human history, the history of human beings that takes a human perspective.

World history may also refer to:

History and academics

• World history (field), or global history, a field of historical study that takes a worldwide/global perspective
• Big History, an academic discipline that takes an astronomical perspective (from the Big Bang to the present)
  • Chronology of the universe, the history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology
    • History of Earth, the history of planet Earth
• Recorded history, the history of human beings from when human beings began writing events down (as opposed to prehistory and protohistory)
  • History of globalization, aspect of human history from the perspective of globalization

Arts and entertainment

Music

• World History (album), a 1998 album by Christian rock band Mad at the World
• "The History of the World (Part 1)", a 1980 song by The Damned

Film and television

• History of the World, Part I , a 1981 film by Mel Brooks
• History of the World, Part II , a 2023 TV series
• Andrew Marr's History of the World , a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr

Literature

• History of the World (book), a 1944 book edited by William Nassau Weech
• The History of the World (Raleigh), a 1614 book

Gaming

• History of the World (board game), a 1991 board game designed by Gary Dicken and Steve Kendall
  • History of the World (video game), a 1997 computer game adaptation of the board game

See also

• All pages with titles containing World history
• All pages with titles containing History of the world
• Timelines of world history
• Universal history (disambiguation)
  • Universal history (genre), a literary genre
• History of the Entire World, I Guess, a 2017 video by Bill Wurtz