A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Items such as covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems.

(US, law) The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the applicant to address objections raised by the examiner.

The history of society; an approach to and subfield of history that emphasizes social structures.

Alternative letter-case form of big history

(sometimes capitalized) An academic discipline which examines history from the Big Bang to the present.

Synonym of trash heap of history

The distant past of the human species, going further back than prehistory and considering the evolution of modern human anatomy.

(rare) Inaccurate history.

The history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages.