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Draft:Outline of modern history

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to modern history:

The modern era or the modern period, also known as modern history or modern times, is the period of human history that follows the Middle Ages from about 1500 AD and continues into the present. It is a form of periodization that is applied primarily to European and Western history. From about the 1990s, it has been more common to referred to an early modern period from about 1500 to 1800 with "modern period" often reserved for events from about 1800 until today. The time from the end of World War II (1945) can also be described as being part of contemporary history.

What type of thing is modern history?

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Modern history can be described as all of the following:

  • A branch of history – the recorded past, and the study of it.
    • A historical time period – quantified block of time in the past named via periodization. Such as "ancient history", "Middle Ages", "Renaissance", "modern history", etc.

Modern history, by period

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Timelines of modern history

Modern history, by century

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Modern history, by region

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Modern history of Asia

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Modern history of Europe

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Modern history of North America

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Modern history, by subject

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Historiography of modern history

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Modern history organizations

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Modern history publications

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Scholars of modern history

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See also

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References

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  • Vistorica – Timelines of European modern history
  • Journal of Contemporary History. SAGE Publications. ISSN 1461-7250 (Print ISSN 0022-0094)
  • Contemporary History Institute (CHI). ohiou.edu (ed., Analyzes the contemporary period in world affairs—the period from World War II to the present—from an interdisciplinary historical perspective.)
  • China and Europe, 1500–2000 and Beyond: What is Modern?. Columbia University
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