World history or history of the world may refer to:
History and academics
- World history (field), or global history, a field of historical study that takes a worldwide/global perspective
- Big History, 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
- History of Earth, the history of planet Earth
- Chronology of the universe, the history and future of the universe according to Big Bang cosmology
- Human history, the history of human beings that takes a human perspective
- Recorded history, the history of human beings from when human beings began writing events down (as opposed to prehistory and protohistory)
- History of globalization, aspect of human history from the perspective of globalization
Arts and entertainment
- World History (album), a 1998 album by Christian rock band Mad at the World
- "The History of the World (Part 1)", a 1980 song by The Damned
- History of the World, Part I, a 1981 film by Mel Brooks
- History of the World, Part II, a 2023 TV series
- Andrew Marr's History of the World, a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr
- history of the entire world, i guess, a 2017 video by Bill Wurtz
- Universal history (genre), a literary genre
- History of the World (book), a 1944 book edited by William Nassau Weech
- History of the World (board game), a 1991 board game designed by Gary Dicken and Steve Kendall
- History of the World (video game), a 1997 computer game adaptation of the board game