Timeline of human history

Spread of anatomically modern humans (red) over the earth and previous colonization by Homo erectus (yellow) and Neanderthals (ocher); the numbers are years ahead of today .

The timeline of human history contains an overview of the expansion of man and the history of mankind in a multitude of linked partial aspects that extend from the beginnings of modern man (Homo sapiens) to the present day.

Classification pattern in historical science

Representation of history :
historiography , history of historiography , world history (approaches including global history).

Periodization :
Prehistory and Early History with the sub-disciplines Prehistory and Early History ; Stone Age , Neolithic , First

High cultures , Bronze Age , Iron Age , Greco-Roman antiquity , " Axial Age ", Middle Ages , Modern Age including the Early Modern Age , " Saddle Age " and modernity , contemporary history .

Major areas of specialization in research:
cultural history , social history , political history , intellectual history , economic history , legal history , military history .

Spread of man since the Stone Age

year		event
−2,600,000		The beginning of the Paleolithic ( Early Stone Age ), the first representative of the genus Homo
−300,000		Transition of hominization to modern humans , emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa
−160,000		Beginning of the first wave of settlements
−110,000		Arrival of the people in the Middle East
−60,000		Arrival of the people in Australia
−45,000		Beginning of colonization in Europe
−40,000		Beginning of the settlement of Asia in a second settlement wave
−18,000		First traces of the Neolithic Revolution
−17,000		Oldest traces of pottery in Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan (China)
−15,000		Beginning of the colonization of America
−14,000		Proven domestication of dogs in the double grave of Oberkassel
−13,000		Ceramic vessels of the Jomon culture in Japan
−12,000		Natufien culture in the Levant
−11,000		Beginning of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
−10,500		Gradual emergence of the first advanced civilizations in Mesopotamia
−9,500		Start of the Clovis culture in North America
−8,800		Beginning of the Folsom culture in North America
−8,500		Beginning of the domestication of the pig (see: History of pig farming )
−8,000		Oldest traces of growing grain in the Middle East
−7,400		Establishment of Çatalhöyük in Anatolia (see: History of Anatolia )
−7,000		Beginning of agriculture in the Archaic Period in Central and South America
−7,000		Domesticated rice in China
−7,000		Proven domestication of the pig in Anatolia
−4,000		Classical high cultures , beginning of antiquity
−2.200		Beginning of the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia ( prehistory )
−1,700		Beginning of the Iron Age in Asia Minor ( History of Anatolia )
−1,500		Second wave of settlement in Oceania Distribution of high cultures



		North asia Central Asia Middle East (West Asia) South asia East asia South East Asia
Regions of Asia according to UNSD

Administrative division of Asia

Old Orient (core / periphery contrasted in color)

Geographical overview

This overview of history by spatial allocation uses the 6 continents division into Asia , Africa , America , Antarctica , Europe and Australia / Oceania .

History of asia

Categories: Asian Prehistory and Early History , Asian History

North Asian History (K)

History of Russia (overlaps with the history of Europe )

Prehistory of Siberia , history of Siberia

Central Asian History (K)

History of Kazakhstan

History of Uzbekistan

History of Kyrgyzstan

History of Turkmenistan

History of Tajikistan

Near Eastern History (K)

Chronologies of ancient oriental historiography

Historical development of the ancient Orient

History of Georgia

History of Azerbaijan (Iran) , History of Azerbaijan

History of Assyria , History of Iraq

History of lebanon

History of Israel

History of Jordan

Pre-Islamic History of the Arabian Peninsula

History of Saudi Arabia

History of Kuwait

History of Qatar

History of the United Arab Emirates

Ancient South Arabia , History of Yemen

History of Oman

South Asia (K)

History of Iran

History of Afghanistan

History of Pakistan

Tibetan history , Tibet chronological table , Tibetan monarchy

History of India

Indus culture ( chronological table )

Mughal Empire

British India

Development of India since independence

History of Nepal

History of Bhutan

Bengal , History of Bangladesh

Sri Lanka's (Ceylons) history

History of the Maldives

East Asia (K)

History of Mongolia

History of China ( chronological table of China )

History of japan

History of Korea : History of North Korea , History of South Korea

History of Taiwan

Southeast Asian History (K)

History of the Philippines

History of Malaysia

History of Indonesia

West Timorese history

History of East Timor

Bruneian history

		Regions of Africa ██ North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa ██ West Africa ██ Central Africa ██ East Africa ██ Southern Africa

Administrative divisions of Africa

History of africa

History of the Mediterranean

Discovery history of Africa

History of North Africa

History of Western Sahara

Part of the Roman Empire after the 2nd Punic War

Roman province of Africa (Tunisia, partly Libya)

The realm of the vandals in North Africa

History of Libya

History of Egypt

History of Ancient Egypt

Roman province of Aegyptus

History of sudan

Kingdom of Kush

History of Sub-Saharan Africa

West Africa

History of Cape Verdes

History of Mauritania

History of Mali

History of Burkina Faso

Central African Republic

History of Somalia ( Somalia Timeline )

The goldland punt ,

Uganda , Kenya , Tanzania

Zambia

History of Zimbabwe

History of Mozambique

History of the Comoros

History of Mayotte

History of Madagascar

History of South Africa

History of america

Settlement of America , discovery of America

Discovery of America in 1492

Decolonization of America

History of north america

History of the First Nations ( Alaska and Canada )

History of Alaska

History of Canada

Indian wars , time table of the Indian wars

United States history

United States Indian Policy

Chronology of the Racial Laws of the United States

History of Mexico ( time table Mexico )

History of Central America

Mesoamerica : Chronology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

West Indies : History and Discovery of the Caribbean

History of the Bahamas

History of Cuba

History of Hispaniola

History of Haiti

History of the Dominican Republic

History of Puerto Rico

History of El Salvador

History of Nicaragua

History of Costa Rica

History of Panama

History of south america

History of Brazil ( time table Brazil )

History of the Falkland Islands

Antarctic history

History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Discovery and settlement of the South Shetland Islands

List of Antarctic expeditions

Greater division of Europe as proposed by the Standing Committee on Geographical Names

Administrative division of Europe

History of Europe

European expansion

Northern Europe / Scandinavia ( history ):

History of Iceland

History of the Faroe Islands

Dominions in the British Isles

History of Ireland

History of Great Britain

History of france

Central Europe

History of the Baltic States

History of Bohemia ( Czech history )

History of Slovakia

History of Poland

History of Switzerland

History of Russia (expansion across the Urals , overlaps with the history of Asia)

Southern Europe

History of Portugal ( time table Portugal )

History of Spain

History of Corsica , History of Sardinia , History of Sicily , History of Malta

Roman Empire ( Rome chronological table ), history of Italy

Southeast European History / Balkans

Prehistory: Helladic period

Early Helladic , Middle Helladic , Late Helladic

Antiquity : Ancient Greece

History of Greece

History of Yugoslavia

History of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Paschalik Bosnia , Bosnian history

Herzegovinian history

History of Crete , Minoan culture

History of the Mediterranean

Australia and Oceania : Cook Islands (CK) Fiji (FJ) Kiribati (KI) Marshall Islands (MH) Micronesia (FM) Nauru (NR) New Zealand (NZ) Palau (PW) Papua New Guinea (PG) Solomon Islands (SB) Samoa (WS) Tonga (TO) Tuvalu (TV) Vanuatu (VU)

On the map, but belonging to Asia : Brunei (BN) People's Republic of China (CN) Indonesia (ID) Malaysia (MY) Philippines (PH) Taiwan (TW)

Cultural division of Oceania

History of the Australian continent

Category: History of Australia and Oceania

Since Australia and especially the islands of the Pacific Ocean were last settled in the course of human history , they do not have an extensive prehistory, and historiography usually only begins with the discovery in the course of European expansion .

History of australia

History of Oceania

Micronesian history

History of the Mariana Islands

History of the Caroline Islands

History of the Marshall Islands

Story of Naurus

Melanesia

History of the island of New Guinea

History of the Solomon Islands

History of Vanuatu

Polynesian history