Outline of ancient history

What type of thing is ancient history?

Ancient history can be described as all of the following:

Essence of ancient history

Timeline of ancient history

Periodization

Periods in the Ancient Western world

Classical antiquity

Timeline of classical antiquity

Archaic period in classical antiquity (c.8th to c.6th centuries BC)

Iron Age Europe

Archaic Greece

Classical Greece (5th to 4th centuries BC)

Hellenistic period (323 BC to 146 BC)

Roman Republic (5th to 1st centuries BC)

Roman Empire (1st century BC to 5th century AD)

Late Antiquity (4th to 7th centuries AD)

Ordinal periods

5th millennium BC

4th millennium BC

40th century BC

39th century BC

38th century BC

37th century BC

36th century BC

35th century BC

34th century BC

33rd century BC

32nd century BC

31st century BC

3rd millennium BC

30th century BC

29th century BC

28th century BC

27th century BC

26th century BC

25th century BC

24th century BC

23rd century BC

22nd century BC

21st century BC

2nd millennium BC

20th century BC

19th century BC

18th century BC

17th century BC

16th century BC

15th century BC

14th century BC

13th century BC

12th century BC

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1st millennium BC

10th century BC

9th century BC

8th century BC

7th century BC

6th century BC

5th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

2nd century BC

1st century BC

1st millennium

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

Ancient Africa

Ancient African history

Ancient West Africa

Ancient North Africa

Africa (Roman province)

Ancient Egypt

History of ancient Egypt

List of ancient Egyptian sites

List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities

Ancient Carthage

Ancient Libya

Cyrenaica

Mauretania

Mauretania Caesariensis

Mauretania Sitifensis

Mauretania Tingitana

Ancient Central Africa

Ancient East Africa

Ancient Southern Africa

Ancient Asia

Ancient Asia

Ancient Near East (alphabetical)

Achaemenid Empire (First Persian Empire)

Ancient history of Cyprus

History of ancient Egypt (see Egypt under Ancient Africa, above)

Macedonian Empire

Mesopotamia

Sumer

Akkadian Empire

Babylonia

Assyria

Parthian Empire (Second Persian Empire)

Sasanian Empire (Third Persian Empire)

Ancient history of Yemen

Ancient East Asia

Ancient China

Historical capitals of China (includes a chronology which includes ancient times)

Ancient Japan

Ancient South Asia

Ancient India

List of ancient Indian cities

Ancient Europe

Ancient Europe

the territory of Europe (the continent according to its modern definition) in "ancient times":

Bronze Age Europe

Macedonian Empire

Iron Age Europe

Roman imperial period (chronology)

Roman Iron Age

List of ancient cities in Italy

the territories of Europe participating in Classical Antiquity

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Ancient history of Transylvania

Ancient Mediterranean region

Ancient Mediterranean Sea

Ancient Aegean Sea

Aegean civilizations

Ancient history of the islands in the Aegean Sea

Ancient Cyclades

Ancient Amorgos

Ancient Anafi

Ancient Andros

Ancient Antiparos

Ancient Delos

Ancient Folegandros

Ancient Ios (island)

Ancient Kea (island)

Ancient Kimolos

Ancient Kythnos

Ancient Milos

Ancient Mykonos

Ancient Naxos (island)

Ancient Paros

Ancient Santorini

Ancient Serifos

Ancient Sifnos

Ancient Syros

Ancient Tinos

Ancient Sicily

Sea of Sardinia

Ancient Balearic Islands

Ancient Corsica

Ancient Sardinia

Cradles of civilization

Fertile Crescent

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient states

Ancient states, by era

List of Bronze Age states

List of Classical Age states

List of Iron Age states

List of states during Late Antiquity

Ancient states, by ordinal period

List of sovereign states in the 35th century BC

List of sovereign states in 3500 BC

List of sovereign states in the 3rd millennium BC

List of sovereign states in the 21st century BC

List of sovereign states in the 20th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 16th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 15th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 14th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 13th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 12th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 11th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 10th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 9th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 8th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 7th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 6th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 5th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 4th century BC

List of sovereign states in the 3rd century BC

List of sovereign states in the 2nd century BC

List of sovereign states in the 1st century BC

List of political entities in the 1st century

List of political entities in the 2nd century

List of political entities in the 3rd century

List of political entities in the 4th century

List of political entities in the 5th century

Ancient sites

List of ancient cities in Illyria

List of ancient cities in Serbia

List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia

Place these?

Ammon

Canaan

Chaldea

Babylonia

Ur

Uruk

Eridu

Kish

Girsu

Nippur

Lagash

Elam

Larsa

History of ancient Israel and Judah

Samaria

Edom

Judea

Ancient government and politics

Political institutions of ancient Rome

Ancient law

Ancient Greek law

Roman law

Ancient culture

Ancient culture

Ancient architecture

Ancient architecture

Ancient Egyptian architecture

Ancient pyramid

Ancient Greek architecture

Ancient Greek temple

Ancient Roman architecture

Ancient monument

Ancient monuments in Ujjain

Architecture of the ancient Near East

Ancient synagogues in Israel

Ancient synagogues in Palestine

Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka

Ancient stupas of Sri Lanka

Ancient art

Ancient art

Art by culture

Ancient Greek art

Art by type

Ancient dance

Dance in ancient Egypt

Dance in ancient Greece

Ancient music

Music of ancient Rome

Ancient poetry

Ancient epic poetry

Greek lyric

Ancient sculpture

Ancient Greek sculpture

Ancient theatre

Theatre of ancient Greece

Theatre of ancient Rome

Ancient cuisine

Ancient Egyptian cuisine

Ancient Greek cuisine

Ancient Roman cuisine

Ancient Rome and wine

List of ancient dishes

Ancient Israelite cuisine

Ancient language

Ancient language

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek dialects

Ancient Greek grammar

Ancient Greek grammar (tables)

Ancient Greek nouns

Ancient Greek verbs

Ancient Greek personal names

Ancient Greek phonology

Ancient Hebrew language

Latin

Ancient Macedonian language

Ancient literature

Ancient literature

Ancient Egyptian literature

Ancient Greek literature

Ancient Greek novel

Ancient Hebrew writings

Ancient people

List of ancient Greek tribes

List of ancient peoples of Italy

Notable people from ancient history

Hittites

Biblical Hittites

Hasmoneans

Habiru

Israelites

Ancient philosophy

Ancient philosophy

Ancient Egyptian philosophy

Ancient Greek philosophy

Ancient religion

Ancient religion

Ancient Egyptian religion

Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul

Ancient Egyptian creation myths

Ancient Egyptian deities

Ancient Egyptian funerary practices

Ancient Egyptian funerary texts

Egyptian mythology

Ancient Greek religion

Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices

Ancient Greek temple

Greek mythology

Ancient Greek flood myths

Ancient Mesopotamian religion

Religion in ancient Rome

Religious persecution in the Roman Empire

Ancient history by subject

Ancient empires

Ancient glass trade

Ancient Chinese glass

Ancient maritime history

Ancient money

Ancient economics and infrastructure

Roman commerce

Ancient agriculture

Agriculture in Mesoamerica

Agriculture in ancient Africa

Ancient Egyptian agriculture

Ancient Egyptian cattle

Agriculture in ancient Greece

Roman agriculture

Agriculture in ancient Tamil country

Ancient grains

Ancient woodland

Ancient education

Ancient university

Ancient science and technology

Ancient science

Ancient Egyptian mathematics

Ancient Egyptian multiplication

History of science in classical antiquity

Ancient Greek astronomy

History of science and technology in the Indian subcontinent

Ancient technology

By civilization

Ancient Egyptian technology

History of timekeeping devices in Egypt

Ancient Greek technology

Roman technology

Roman engineering

By technology type

Ancient medicine

Ancient Egyptian medicine

Ancient Egyptian anatomical studies

Ancient Greek medicine

Ancient Iranian medicine

Ancient shipbuilding techniques

Slavery in ancient times

Slavery in ancient Egypt

Slavery in ancient Greece

Slavery in ancient Rome

Ancient sport

Ancient Greek boxing

Ancient Greek Olympic festivals

Ancient warfare

Ancient warfare

Ancient armies

Ancient Macedonian army

Ancient navies and vessels

Ancient Egyptian navy

Ancient Greek warfare

Ancient Macedonian battle tactics

Ancient Roman defensive walls

Ancient Roman military clothing

Wonders of the ancient world

Seven wonders of the ancient world

1. Great Pyramid of Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
6. Colossus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

History of ancient history

Archaeology

Classical archaeology (Greece and Rome)

Etruscology (Etruria)

Near Eastern archeology

Assyriology (Mesopotamia)

Egyptology (Egypt)

Historiography

Greek historiography

Historiography of Alexander the Great

Roman historiography

Historiography of the fall of the Western Roman Empire

Notable people from ancient history

List of ancient Chinese

List of ancient Egyptians

List of ancient Greeks

List of ancient Macedonians

List of ancient Romans

Leaders from ancient times

Pericles