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Wikipedia has many outline articles, and together they form an outline of the knowledge of humankind, presented below. An outline article is a list of a subject's topics arranged hierarchically to show the relationships between the topics, thereby showing the structure of the subject. Each outline is intended to help the reader become familiar with the subject it presents, and also serves as a table of contents or site map to that subject's coverage on Wikipedia.

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General reference

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Culture and the arts

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Geography and places

Geography

Continents and major geopolitical regions (non-continents are italicized):

Africa • Antarctica • AsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceania (includes Australia) • South America

Political divisions of the World, arranged by continent or major geopolitical region:

Africa:
West Africa:
BeninBurkina FasoCape VerdeCôte d'IvoireGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaMaliMauritaniaNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTogo
North Africa:
AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSudanTunisiaWestern Sahara
Central Africa:
AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadThe Democratic Republic of the CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonRepublic of the CongoRwandaSão Tomé and Príncipe
East Africa:
BurundiComorosDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMadagascarMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueRwandaSeychellesSomaliaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Southern Africa:
BotswanaLesothoNamibiaSouth AfricaSwaziland
Dependencies:
British Indian Ocean Territory (UK)Mayotte (France)Réunion (France)St. Helena (UK)Canary Islands (Spain)Ceuta (Spain)Madeira (Portugal)Melilla (Spain)Socotra (Yemen)PuntlandSomalilandSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Antarctica:
None
Asia:
Central Asia:
Kazakhstan[1]KyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan
East Asia:
China[2]
Tibet
Hong Kong[3]Macau[4]
JapanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaTaiwan[5]
North Asia:
Russia[6]
Southeast Asia:[7]
BruneiBurma (Myanmar)Cambodia[8]East Timor (Timor-Leste)[9]Indonesia[10]LaosMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam
South Asia:
AfghanistanBangladeshBhutanIndia[11]IranMaldivesNepalPakistanSri Lanka
West Asia:
Armenia[12]Azerbaijan[13]BahrainCyprus[14] (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia[15]IraqIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonOmanPalestine [16]QatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTurkey[17]United Arab EmiratesYemen
Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them):
North Caucasus:
Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai)
South Caucasus:
Georgia (including disputed Abhkazia, South Ossetia) • ArmeniaAzerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
Europe:
Akrotiri and DhekeliaÅlandAlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFaroe IslandsFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGibraltarGreeceGuernseyHungaryIcelandIrelandIsle of ManItalyJerseyKazakhstanKosovoLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMaltaMoldova (including disputed Transnistria) • MonacoMontenegroNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSvalbardSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomVatican City
European Union
North America:
Canada:
Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan
GreenlandMexicoSaint Pierre and Miquelon
United States:
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
Central America:
BelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanama
Caribbean:
AnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArubaBahamasBarbadosBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsCubaDominicaDominican RepublicGrenadaHaitiJamaicaMontserratNetherlands AntillesPuerto RicoSaint BarthélemySaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesTrinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited States Virgin Islands
Oceania: (includes the continent of Australia):
Australasia:[18]
Australia
Dependencies/Territories of Australia:
Christmas Island[7]Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNorfolk Island
New Zealand[19]
Melanesia:[20]
FijiIndonesia (Oceanian part only)[21]New Caledonia (France) • Papua New Guinea[22]Solomon IslandsVanuatu
Micronesia:
Federated States of MicronesiaGuam (USA) • KiribatiMarshall IslandsNauruNorthern Mariana Islands (USA) • PalauWake Island (USA) •
Polynesia[23]
American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • AdamstownSamoaTokelau (NZ) • TongaTuvaluWallis and Futuna (France)
South America:
ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilChileColombiaEcuadorFalkland IslandsGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameUruguayVenezuela
South Atlantic:
Ascension IslandSaint HelenaTristan da Cunha

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Health and fitness

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History and events

Main outline: History
See also: History of present-day nations and states

History of:

Art • Business • Geography • Mathematics • Political science • Science • Technology

By period:

Classical antiquity • Medieval history (Middle Ages) • Renaissance

By region:

United States:
History of U.S. states:
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaiʻi • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
History of U.S. federal capital district:
District of Columbia
History of U.S. insular areas:
American Samoa • Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Puerto Rico • United States Virgin Islands

Wars:

American Civil War • World War II • Vietnam War

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Mathematics and logic

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Natural and physical sciences

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People and self

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Philosophy and thinking

Main outlines: Philosophy and Thinking

Branches of philosophy:

Aesthetics • Epistemology • Ethics • Logic • Metaphysics • Social philosophy  

Philosophies:

Anarchism • Humanism • Transhumanism

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Religion and belief systems

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Society and social sciences

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Technology and applied sciences

Main outlines: Outline of science and Outline of technology.

Applied science:

Forensics • Forestry • Nanotechology

Business management:

Marketing • Manufacturing

Domestic:

Education • Family and consumer science

Energy:

Energy development • Energy storage • Nuclear technology

Engineering:

Agriculture • Automation • Chemical engineering

Health and safety:

Biotechnology • Ergonomics • Firefighting

Industry:

Architecture
Construction
Machines
Industrial machinery • Robotics
Mining

Information and communication:

Cartography
Computer science
Artificial intelligence • Free software • Information technology • Internet • Programming • Software engineering
Design
Library science
Telecommunication
Radio

Military science

Martial arts

Transport:

Aerospace • Automobiles • Space exploration • Vehicles

Notes

  1. ^   Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
  2. ^   The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China).
  3. ^   Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
  4. ^   Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC.
  5. ^   Under the de facto control of the Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan.
  6. ^   Russia is a transcontinental country; population and area figures are for Asian portion only.
  7. ^ a b Excludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia).
  8. ^ General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3rd September, 2008
  9. ^   East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania.
  10. ^   Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania
  11. ^   Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC.
  12. ^   Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country: physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe.
  13. ^   Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
  14. ^   The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory: in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. However, the U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East.
  15. ^   Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only.
  16. ^   Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority.
  17. ^   Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul.
  18. ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
  19. ^ New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.
  20. ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
  21. ^ Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.
  22. ^ Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.
  23. ^ Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
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