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
• 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