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These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
World records in chess; Time periods: On this day (January 29) Months; This Year (2025) By year; By decade, century, or millennium; Timelines of events. By chronology: Big Bang; Ancient Mesopotamia; Ancient Greece; Rome; Roman Empire; French Revolution; World War I; World War II. Evacuations; Space Race; Cold War; By event type: Battles; Coups ...
It was a major ally during World War II, a main participant in the Cold War, and it grew in power to become one of the world's two superpowers (the other being the United States). The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. History, by subject (see also, timelines) History, by field. History of art History of painting; History of business
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An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online
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History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America List of time periods – Prehistory • Protohistory • Ancient history • Post-classical history • Modern history • Future history