There has long been a tradition of sub-dividing history by country. This is closely linked to the central focus on political leadership by historians. It has increasingly come to be realized that historical trends and patterns are not confined within borders, thus looking at the history of larger and smaller regions, that are often more vaguely defined, but can be looked at as a single group.

Histories by region

Africa

• History of North Africa
• History of the Great Lakes region
• History of the Guinea region
• History of the Sahara
• History of the Sahel
• History of East Africa

Asia

• History of the Middle East
• History of the Levant
• History of Central Asia
• History of East Asia
• History of South Asia
• History of Southeast Asia

Europe

• History of Eastern Europe
• History of Central Europe
• History of Western Europe
• History of Britain
• History of the Balkans
• History of Scandinavia

Americas

• History of the Caribbean
• History of New England
• History of the west coast of North America
• History of Central America
• History of the U.S. South

Transcontinental

• History of the Arctic
• History of the Mediterranean

See also: History by country, History by continent