Outline of ancient history
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient history:
Ancient history โ study of recorded human history from the beginning of writing at about 3000 BC until the Early Middle Ages. The times before writing belong either to protohistory or to prehistory. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 โ 5,500 years, beginning with Sumerian cuneiform, the oldest form of writing discovered so far. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, currently most Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD or the coming of Islam in 632 AD as the end of ancient history.
Nature of ancient history
What type of thing is ancient history?
Ancient history can be described as all of the following:
Essence of ancient history
Periodization
Periods in the Ancient Western world
- Classical antiquity
- Timeline of classical antiquity
- Archaic period in classical antiquity (c. eighth to c. sixth centuries BC)
- Classical Greece (fifth to fourth centuries BC)
- Hellenistic period (323 BC to 146 BC)
- Roman Republic (fifth to first centuries BC)
- Roman Empire (first century BC to fifth century AD)
- Late Antiquity (fourth to seventh centuries AD)
Ordinal periods
- 5th millennium BC
- 4th millennium BC
- 3rd millennium BC
- 2nd millennium BC
- 1st millennium BC
- first millennium
- 1st millennium
Ancient history by region
Ancient Africa
Ancient Asia
- Ancient Near East (alphabetical)
- Achaemenid Empire (First Persian Empire)
- Ancient history of Cyprus
- History of ancient Egypt (see Egypt under Ancient Africa, above)
- Macedonian Empire
- Mesopotamia
- Parthian Empire (Second Persian Empire)
- Sasanian Empire (Third Persian Empire)
- Ancient history of Yemen
- Ancient East Asia
- Ancient China
- Historical capitals of China (includes a chronology which includes ancient times)
- Ancient Japan
- Ancient China
- Ancient South Asia
Ancient Europe
- the territory of Europe (the continent according to its modern definition) in "ancient times":
- Bronze Age Europe
- Iron Age Europe
- List of ancient cities in Italy
- the territories of Europe participating in Classical Antiquity
Ancient Mediterranean region
- Ancient Mediterranean Sea
- Ancient Aegean Sea
- Aegean civilizations
- Ancient history of the islands in the Aegean Sea
- Ancient Cyclades
- Ancient Amorgos
- Ancient Anafi
- Ancient Andros
- Ancient Antiparos
- Ancient Delos
- Ancient Folegandros
- Ancient Ios (island)
- Ancient Kea (island)
- Ancient Kimolos
- Ancient Kythnos
- Ancient Milos
- Ancient Mykonos
- Ancient Naxos (island)
- Ancient Paros
- Ancient Santorini
- Ancient Serifos
- Ancient Sifnos
- Ancient Syros
- Ancient Tinos
- Ancient Cyclades
- Ancient history of the islands in the Aegean Sea
- Aegean civilizations
- Ancient Sicily
- Sea of Sardinia
- Ancient Aegean Sea
Cradles of civilization
Ancient states, by era
Ancient states, by ordinal period
- List of sovereign states in the 35th century BC
- List of sovereign states in 3500 BC
- List of sovereign states in the 3rd millennium BC
- List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 16th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 15th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 14th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 13th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 12th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 11th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 10th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 9th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 8th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 7th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 6th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 5th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 4th century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 3rd century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 2nd century BC
- List of sovereign states in the 1st century BC
- List of political entities in the 1st century
- List of political entities in the 2nd century
- List of political entities in the 3rd century
- List of political entities in the 4th century
- List of political entities in the 5th century
Ancient sites
Ancient government and politics
Ancient law
Ancient culture
Ancient architecture
- Ancient Egyptian architecture
- Ancient pyramid
- Ancient Greek architecture
- Ancient Roman architecture
- Ancient monument
- Architecture of the ancient Near East
- Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka
Ancient art
- Art by culture
- Art by type
- Ancient dance
- Ancient music
- Ancient poetry
- Ancient sculpture
- Ancient theatre
Ancient cuisine
Ancient language
Ancient literature
Ancient people
Ancient religion
Ancient religion
Ancient history by subject
Ancient economics and infrastructure
Ancient education
Ancient science and technology
- Ancient science
- History of science and technology in the Indian subcontinent
- Ancient technology
- By civilization
- By technology type
Slavery in ancient times
Ancient sport
Ancient warfare
- Ancient armies
- Ancient navies and vessels
- Ancient Greek warfare
- Ancient Macedonian battle tactics
History of ancient history
- Archaeology
- Classical archaeology (Greece and Rome)
- Etruscology (Etruria)
- Near Eastern archeology
- Assyriology (Mesopotamia)
- Egyptology (Egypt)
- Classical archaeology (Greece and Rome)
- Historiography
Ancient history scholars
Notable people from ancient history
Leaders from ancient times
See also
- Development note: the following topics need placement in the outline above
- Ancient Chinese states
- Ancient Chinese urban planning
- Ancient Chinese wooden architecture
- Ancient Egyptian flint jewelry
- Ancient Egyptian offering formula
- Ancient Egyptian retainer sacrifices
- Ancient Egyptian royal titulary
- Ancient Egyptian solar ships
- Ancient Egyptian trade
- Ancient Egyptian units of measurement
- Ancient Greek Musical Notation
- Ancient Greek Numbers
- Ancient Greek accent
- Ancient Greek clubs
- Ancient Greek coinage
- Ancient Greek comedy
- Ancient Greek eros
- Ancient Greek military personal equipment
- Ancient Greek units of measurement
- Ancient Macedonian calendar
- Ancient Mediterranean piracy
- Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement
- Ancient Roman bathing
- Ancient Roman pottery
- Ancient Roman units of measurement
- Ancient borough
- Ancient document
- Ancient economic thought
- Ancient filipino diet and health
- Ancient furniture
- Ancient higher-learning institutions
- Ancient iron production
- Ancient kingdoms of Anatolia
- Ancient monuments of Java
- Ancient settlements in Turkey
- Ancient solution
- Ancient towns in Saudi Arabia
- Ancient trackway
- Ancient underground quarry, Jordan Valley
- Ancient veena
- Ancient vessel
- Ancient Roman sarcophagi
References
External links
- Websites
- World History Encyclopedia
- Ancient CivilizationsโBritish Museum's website on various topics of ancient civilization
- Ancient history sourcebook
- The Perseus digital library
- Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman world
- Directories
- Ancient_history at Curlie
- Ancient History - Academic Info: directory of online resources for the study of ancient history.
- Ancient History Resources : Ancient history research links for high school and college students
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