World history (disambiguation)

"The History of the World" redirects here. For the 1614 book, see The History of the World (Raleigh).

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

• 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
• 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
• History of the Entire World, I Guess , a 2017 video by Bill Wurtz
• Universal history (genre), a literary genre
• History of the World (book), a 1944 book edited by William Nassau Weech
• 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

• Timelines of world history
• Universal history (disambiguation)