Universal history

Universal history may refer to:

• Universal history (genre), a literary genre
• Jami' al-tawarikh, 14th-century work of literature and history, produced by the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia
• Universal History (Sale et al), an 18th-century history book
• 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
• World history (field) or global history, a field of historical study that takes a worldwide/global perspective
• Human history, the history of human beings that takes a human perspective
• History of globalization, aspect of human history from the perspective of globalization