Historical classification
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By geographic region
By geographic subregion
- 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 date
By time period
The AP World History Exam covers five boundaries:
- The Foundations Period (8000 B.C.E.-600 C.E),
- (600–1450),
- (1450–1750),
- (1750–1914),
- (1914-Present)
By religion
- History of religions
- History of Christianity
- History of Islam
- Jewish history
- History of Buddhism
- Hinduism History of Hinduism
By nation
By field
- Cultural movements
- Diaspora studies
- Family history
- IT history
- House history
- Local history
Hard sciences
- History of astronomy
- History of mathematics
- History of medicine
- History of mental illness
- History of science and technology
Social sciences
- History of art
- History of astrology
- History of cinema
- History of economic thought/Economic history
- History of ideas
- Legal history
- History of literature
- Microhistory
- Military history
- History of music
- History of philosophy/philosophy of history
- History of physics
- History of sexuality
- History of theatre
- Intellectual history
By ideological classification (historiography)
Although there is arguably some intrinsic bias in history studies (with national bias perhaps being the most significant), history can also be studied from narrow ideological perspectives, which practitioners feel are often ignored, such as:
- Marxist historiography
- Feminist history (also called herstory).
A form of historical speculation known commonly as virtual history, or "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 way. This is somewhat similar to the alternative history genre in fiction.
Lists of false or dubious historical resources and historical myths that were once popular and widespread, or have becomes so, have also been prepared.