<Tr> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Particular studies and fields </Dt> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Dl> <Dt> Particular studies and fields </Dt> </Dl> <Dt> Particular studies and fields </Dt> <Tr> <Td> <P> These are approaches to history; not listed are histories of other fields, such as history of science, history of mathematics and history of philosophy . </P> <Ul> <Li> Ancient history: the study from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages . </Li> <Li> Atlantic history: the study of the history of people living on or near the Atlantic Ocean . </Li> <Li> Art history: the study of changes in and social context of art . </Li> <Li> Comparative history: historical analysis of social and cultural entities not confined to national boundaries . </Li> <Li> Contemporary history: the study of recent historical events . </Li> <Li> Counterfactual history: the study of historical events as they might have happened in different causal circumstances . </Li> <Li> Cultural history: the study of culture in the past . </Li> <Li> Digital history: the use of computing technologies do massive searches in published sources . </Li> <Li> Economic history: the use of economic models fitted to the past . </Li> <Li> Intellectual history: the study of ideas in the context of the cultures that produced them and their development over time . </Li> <Li> Maritime history: the study of maritime transport and all the connected subjects . </Li> <Li> Modern history: the study of the Modern Times, the era after the Middle Ages . </Li> <Li> Military history: the study of warfare and wars in history and what is sometimes considered to be a sub-branch of military history, Naval history . </Li> <Li> Palaeography: study of ancient texts . </Li> <Li> People's history: historical work from the perspective of common people . </Li> <Li> Political history: the study of politics in the past . </Li> <Li> Psychohistory: study of the psychological motivations of historical events . </Li> <Li> Pseudohistory: study about the past that falls outside the domain of mainstream history (sometimes it is an equivalent of pseudoscience). </Li> <Li> Social history: the study of the process of social change throughout history . </Li> <Li> Women's history: the history of female human beings . Gender history is related and covers the perspective of gender . </Li> <Li> World history: the study of history from a global perspective, with special attention to non-Western societies . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

Study of history and its influence on society