Universal history may refer to: *

Universal history (genre) A universal history is a work aiming at the presentation of a history of all of humankind as a whole. Universal historians try to identify connections and patterns among individual historical events and phenomena, making them part of a general narr ...

, a literary genre **''

Jami' al-tawarikh ''Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh'' () is a work of literature and history, produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate. Written by Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318 AD) at the start of the 14th century, the breadth of coverage of the work has caused it to be call ...

'', 14th-century work of literature and history, produced by the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia ** ''Universal History'' (Sale et al), an 18th-century history book *

Big History Big History is an academic discipline that examines history from the Big Bang to the present day, present. Big History resists specialization and searches for universal patterns or trends. It examines long time frames using a multidisciplinar ...

, an academic discipline that takes an astronomical perspective (from the Big Bang to the present) ** Chronology of the universe, the history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology *

World history (field) World history or global history as a field of historical study examines history from a global perspective. It emerged centuries ago; some leading practitioners are Voltaire (1694–1778), Hegel (1770–1831), Karl Marx (1818–1883), Oswald Spe ...

or global history, a field of historical study that takes a worldwide/global perspective *

Human history Human history or world history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Early modern human, Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They Early expansions of hominin ...

, the history of human beings that takes a human perspective **

History of globalization The historical origins of globalization (also known as historical globalization) are the subject of Globalization studies, ongoing debate. Though many scholars situate the Timeline of international trade, origins of globalization in the modern era ...

, aspect of human history from the perspective of globalization

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