World history by period
From the 35th century BC to today: what happened across the world in each period.
Ancient
- 91st century BC1
- 32nd century BC1
- 31st century BC1
- 26th century BC2
- 25th century BC1
- 23rd century BC1
- 22nd century BC1
- 18th century BC1
- 16th century BC2
- 15th century BC1
- 13th century BC2
- 12th century BC1
- 11th century BC1
- 9th century BC1
- 7th century BC1
- 6th century BC2
- 5th century BC6
- 4th century BC3
- 3rd century BC12
- 2nd century BC3
- 1st century BC3
- 1–91
- 30s2
- 60s1
- 100s1
- 180s1
- 200s1
- 220s1
- 310s1
- 320s1
- 330s1
- 420s1
- 450s1
- 470s1
Medieval
- 490s1
- 550s1
- 580s1
- 600s2
- 610s2
- 620s4
- 630s4
- 640s3
- 660s1
- 670s2
- 680s1
- 690s1
- 730s1
- 740s1
- 750s2
- 790s1
- 800s4
- 830s1
- 840s1
- 860s1
- 910s1
- 930s1
- 960s1
- 970s1
- 1000s1
- 1010s1
- 1030s1
- 1040s1
- 1050s1
- 1060s2
- 1070s1
- 1090s1
- 1110s1
- 1120s1
- 1180s3
- 1190s1
- 1200s4
- 1210s2
- 1230s2
- 1240s1
- 1250s3
- 1260s1
- 1270s3
- 1280s1
- 1290s1
- 1320s2
- 1330s3
- 1340s1
- 1350s1
- 1360s1
- 1370s2
- 1380s1
- 1390s1
- 1400s3
- 1410s3
- 1420s1
- 1430s1
- 1440s1
- 1450s4