List of historical classifications
Historical classification groups the various history topics into different categories according to subject matter as shown below.
Meta-history
[edit | edit source]By geographic region
[edit | edit source]By geographic subregion
[edit | edit source]- North America
- South America
- Latin America
- Central America
- Caribbean
- Eurasia
- History of Europe
- Central Asia
- South Asia
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Middle East
- Australasia (Australia, New Guinea, Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia)
- Pacific Islands
By times
[edit | edit source]By general time period
[edit | edit source]See also Periodization.
By religion
[edit | edit source]- History of Hinduism
- History of religion
- History of Christianity
- History of Islam
- Jewish history
- History of Buddhism
By nation
[edit | edit source]By topic, miscellaneous
[edit | edit source]- Cultural movements
- Diaspora studies
- Family history
- Environmental history
- Local history
- Maritime history
- Microhistory
- Confederation
- Social History
- Urban History
Mathematics and the natural sciences
[edit | edit source]- History of mathematics
- History of science and technology
- History of astronomy
- History of physics
- History of chemistry
- History of geology
- History of biology
- History of medicine
- History of mental illness
Social sciences
[edit | edit source]- History of art
- History of astrology
- History of cinema
- History of economic thought/Economic history
- History of ideas
- History of literature
- History of music
- History of philosophy
- History of sexuality
- History of theatre
- Intellectual history
- Legal history
- Microhistory
- Military history
By ideological classification (historiography)
[edit | edit source]Although there is arguably some intrinsic bias in history studies (with national bias perhaps being the most significant), history can also be studied from ideological perspectives, such as:
A type of historical speculation known commonly as counterfactual history has also been adopted by some historians as a means of assessing and exploring the possible outcomes if certain events had not occurred or had occurred in a different manner. This is somewhat similar to the alternate history genre of fiction.
Lists of false or dubious historical resources and historical myths that were once popular and widespread, or have become so, have also been prepared.