Timelines of Big History
The following is a list of timeline articles: == Prehistory == For events dating from the formation of the universe see: Timeline of the universe (Chronology of the universe) For events dating from the formation of the planet to the rise of modern humans see: Timeline of natural history, Timeline of the evolutionary history of life and Timeline of human evolution. For events dating from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to before the invention of writing see: Timeline of prehistory == History == These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day.