world history
Sign in to saveAlso known as global history, history of the world, world history (field)
field of historical study. Not to be confused with universal history (genre)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- academic major
- Subclass of
- study of history
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- is the study of
- human history
- different from
- universal history (genre)
- facet of
- world
- described by source
- World History Encyclopedia
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World history or global history as a field of historical study examines history from a global perspective. It emerged centuries ago; some leading practitioners have included Voltaire (1694–1778), Hegel (1770–1831), Karl Marx (1818–1883), Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), and Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975). The field became much more active (in terms of university teaching, textbooks, scholarly journals, and academic associations) in the late 20th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “world history” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.