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 succeeds the post-classical era (also known, particularly with reference to Europe, as the Middle Ages), which ended around 1500 AD, up to the present. This terminology is a historical periodization that is applied primarily to European and Western history.
What type of thing is modern history?[edit]
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[edit]
Modern history, by century[edit]
Modern history, by region[edit]
Modern history of Asia[edit]
- History of modern Egypt
- History of modern Mongolia
- History of modern Serbia
- Modern history of Syria
- History of modern Tunisia
- Modern history of Ukraine
- History of Vietnam since 1945
- Modern history of Yemen
Modern history of Europe[edit]
- History of modern Greece
- History of the Italian Republic
- Scotland in the modern era
- History of the Soviet Union
- Modern history of Switzerland
Modern history of North America[edit]
Modern history, by subject[edit]
Historiography of modern history[edit]
- Historiography of the Enlightenment
- Historiography of the 19th century
- Historiography of the 20th century
Modern history organizations[edit]
Modern history publications[edit]
Scholars of modern history[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- 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
- Videos
- The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29 – YouTube
- Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30 – YouTube
- Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31 – YouTube
- Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32 – YouTube
- Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33 – YouTube
- Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34 – YouTube
- Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35 – YouTube
- Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War I: Crash Course World History #36 – YouTube
- Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History #37 – YouTube
- World War II: Crash Course World History #38 – YouTube
- USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39 – YouTube
- Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40 – YouTube