Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews

Wikipedia's contents: Overviews

An overview is a survey of what is covered or included in an area. Below is an outline of Wikipedia, divided into 13 sections, each providing an overview of a major subject area, presenting key articles in the respective subject.

General reference

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Reference works

Further research tools and topics

Culture and the arts

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Culture and Humanities – Celebrities • Classics • Critical theory • Language • Movements • Mythology • Philosophy • Popular culture • Traditions • Tourism

Art and The arts – Art galleries • Art schools • Museums

Literature – Poetry • Fiction (Novel • Short story • Fairy tale)

Performing arts – Comedy (Humour) • Dance • Film • Music • Opera • Theatre • Circus

Visual arts – Animation • Architecture • Comics • Design • Drawing • Painting • Photography • Sculpture • Textile arts • Fashion

Entertainment and Recreation – Cooking • Festivals • Hobbies • Parties

Games and Toys – Computer and video games • Role-playing games

Board games – Backgammon • Battleship • Chess • Cluedo (Clue) • Draughts (Checkers) • Go • Mastermind • Monopoly • Reversi • Risk • Scrabble • Stratego

Card games – Baccarat • Canasta • Collectible card game • Contract bridge • Crazy Eights • Cribbage • Go Fish • Patience (Solitaire) • Poker • Rummy • Spades • Speed • Spite and Malice • War

Sports – Association football (Soccer) • American football • Baseball • Basketball • Cricket • Cue sports • Golf • Ice hockey • Olympics • Racing (Cycling, Formula One) • Rugby • Swimming • Tennis • Track and field

Mass media – Internet (Blogosphere, Podcasts, and Websites) • Newspaper • Publications • Publishing • Radio • Television

Geography and places

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See also: places near you

Main articles: Earth, Geography and Place

Geography – Atlas • City • Climate • Demographics • Earth • Exploration • Geographic information system • History of geography • Map • Park • Place • Population density • Region • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Surveying

Branches of Geography – Physical geography • Human geography • Technical geography

Natural geographical features

Landforms – Badlands • Canyon • Cave • Cliff • Coast • Continent • Coral reef • Crater • Desert • Forest • Geyser • Glacier • Gully • Grassland • Highland • Hill • Island • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain range • Plain • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ridge • Savanna • Shoal • Steppe • Tundra • Valley • Volcano • Wetland

Bodies of water – Bay • Channel • Delta • Estuary • Fjord • Headlands • Lagoon • Lake • Marsh • Ocean • Pond • River • Sea • Sound • Source (river or stream) • Spring (hydrosphere) • Strait • Stream • Swamp • Waterfall

Manmade geographical features – Airport • Artificial dwelling hill • Artificial island • Breakwater • Bridge • Canal • Causeway • Country • Country subdivision • Dam (Levee) • Farm • Harbor • Nation • National park • Nature reserve • Park • Pier • Pipeline • Port • Railway • Ranch • Reservoir • Road (Street) • Settlement (Village, Town, City, Megalopolis) • Train station • Tunnel

The World

By hemisphere – New World • Old World | Eastern world • Western world | Eastern Hemisphere • Western Hemisphere | Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere

By cultural region – English-speaking world • Arab world • Chinese world (Sinosphere) • Indosphere • Sub-Saharan Africa • Europe • Latin America • Oceania

By ordinal classification – First World • Second World • Third World • Fourth World

By economic development – Developed countries • Developing countries • Least Developed Countries

By continent – Africa • Antarctica • Australia • Eurasia (Europe and Asia) • North America • South America

Countries and polar regions of the world:

Health and fitness

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General – Health care • Health care industry • Health disparities • Mental health • Population health • Preventive medicine • Public health • Complementary and alternative medicine

Self-care – Body composition • Life extension • Longevity • Physical fitness

Nutrition – Calorie restriction • Dietary supplements (Amino acids, Minerals, Nootropics, Nutrients, Vitamins) • Diet (nutrition) • Dieting • Healthy eating pyramid

Physical exercise – Stretching • Overtraining • Aerobic exercise • Anaerobic exercise • Sport • Walking

Hygiene – Cleanliness • Oral hygiene • Occupational hygiene

Health science – Dentistry • Occupational therapy • Optometry • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Speech-Language Pathology

Medicine – Midwifery • Nursing • Veterinary medicine • Dentistry • Alternative medicine

Human medicine – Anesthesiology • Cardiology • Dermatology • Emergency medicine • Endocrinology and Diabetology • Epidemiology • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Nephrology • Neurology • Oncology • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology

Illness – Aging • Alcoholism • Atrophy • Deficiency disease • Depression • Disease • Disorders (types) • Drug abuse • Eating disorder • Foodborne illness • Malnutrition • Obesity • Smoking

History and events

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History by region – Ancient Egypt • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • History of China • History of the Middle East • History of Mesoamerica • History of India

History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America

List of time periods – Prehistory • Protohistory • Ancient history • Post-classical history • Modern history • Future history

The Ages of history – Stone Age • Copper Age • Bronze Age • Iron Age • Middle Ages • Age of Discovery • Renaissance • Age of Enlightenment • Industrial Age • Space Age • Information Age • Imagination Age

History by subject

Cultural history – Money • Sport

Art (Architecture • Film • Painting) • Dance • Music • Theatre

History of philosophy – Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary

History of logic

History of science – Theories/Sociology • Historiography • Mathematics • Pseudoscience • Scientific method

History of the natural sciences – Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics • Geology

History of the social sciences – Anthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology

History of science by era – In early cultures • In Classical Antiquity • In the Middle Ages • In the Renaissance • Scientific Revolution

History of technology – Agriculture & agricultural science • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computing (Computer science, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport

History of war – Wars of Alexander the Great • Punic Wars • Hundred Years War • Thirty Years War • American Revolutionary War • Napoleonic Wars • Crimean War • American Civil War • Franco-Prussian War • Spanish-American War • Mexican Revolution • World War I • Chinese Civil War • World War II • Arab-Israeli conflict • Sino-Indian War • Cold War • Korean War • Vietnam War • Iran-Iraq War • Yugoslav Wars • Gulf War • Iraq War • War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) • Russo-Ukrainian War

Human activities

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Human activity – Arts • Childraising (Babysitting, Child care) • Crime (Harassment, Homicide) • Educating (Learning, Teaching) • Entertainment • Exercise • Exploration (Underwater exploration, Space exploration) • Globalization • Hobbies • Industrialisation • Innovation • Law enforcement • Learning • Leisure activities • Management • Massage • Medicine • Navigation • Philosophy • Politics (Governance) • Publishing • Recreation • Practicing religion (Worship) • Reproduction • Resource consumption • Sex • Shopping • Spending • Sport • Thinking • Transporting • Traveling • Underwater diving • Warfare

Agriculture – Fisheries management • Fishing • Forestry • Gardening • Horticulture • Ranching

Business – Business administration • Finance • Industry • Investing • Manufacturing • Marketing • Trading

Communicating – Conversing • Listening • Reading • Talking • Writing

Telecommunicating – Broadcasting (Radio broadcasting, Television broadcasting) • Email • Web navigation

Science – Applied science • Formal science • Natural science • Physical science • Social science

Impact of human activity – Cars, effects on society • Population growth • Human overpopulation • Overconsumption • War, effects of

Human impact on the environment – Biodiversity loss • Conservation • Defaunation • Deforestation • Desertification • Ecological crises • Environmental degradation • Environmentalism • Forest degradation • Global warming • Habitat destruction • Habitat fragmentation • Holocene extinction event • Land degradation • Ocean acidification • Ozone depletion • Pollution • Resource depletion

Mathematics and logic

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Formal sciences –

Information theory • Logic • Statistics • Theoretical computer science

Mathematics – Algebra • Applied mathematics • Arithmetic • Calculus • Equations • Geometry • Mathematical analysis • Mathematics education • Mathematical practice • Measurement • Numbers • Philosophy of mathematics • Probability • Proofs • Theorems • Topology • Trigonometry

Natural and physical sciences

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Main articles: Natural science and Nature See also Science, Scientific method, Scientist, Scientific misconduct, and Fields of science

Biology – Anatomy (Human anatomy) • Astrobiology • Biochemistry • Bioinformatics • Biological anthropology • Biophysics • Botany • Cell biology • Computational biology • Developmental biology • Ecology • Evolutionary biology • Genetics (Molecular genetics, Population genetics) • Genomics • Marine biology • Histology • Human biology • Immunology • Microbiology • Molecular biology • Neuroscience • Origin of life • Paleontology • Parasitology • Pathology • Physiology • Taxonomy • Zoology (Entomology, Ethology)

Physical sciences – Earth science • Systems theory

Astronomy – Optical astronomy • Infrared astronomy • Radio astronomy • High-energy astronomy • Occultation

Astronomical object – Planet • Dwarf planet • Exoplanet • Stars • Solar System • Planetary system • Constellation • Star cluster • Nebulae • Galaxies • Galaxy cluster • Black holes • Neutron stars • Supernovae

Chemistry – Analytical chemistry • Atomic theory • Biochemistry • Chemical bond • Chemical equilibrium • Chemical industry • Chemical laws • Chemical reaction • Chemical formulas • Chemists • Electrochemistry • Energy • History of chemistry • Inorganic compounds • Materials science • Ion • Periodic table • pH • Phase • Polymer chemistry • Redox • Thermochemistry

Matter – Atom • Compound • Molecule • Substance (Acid, Base)

Chemical elements – Actinium • Aluminium • Americium • Antimony • Argon • Arsenic • Astatine • Barium • Berkelium • Beryllium • Bismuth • Bohrium • Boron • Bromine • Cadmium • Caesium • Calcium • Californium • Carbon • Cerium • Chlorine • Chromium • Cobalt • Copernicium • Copper • Curium • Darmstadtium • Dubnium • Dysprosium • Einsteinium • Erbium • Europium • Fermium • Flerovium (Ununquadium) • Fluorine • Francium • Gadolinium • Gallium • Germanium • Gold • Hafnium • Hassium • Helium • Holmium • Hydrogen • Indium • Iodine • Iridium • Iron • Krypton • Lanthanum • Lawrencium • Lead • Lithium • Livermorium (Ununhexium) • Lutetium • Magnesium • Manganese • Meitnerium • Mendelevium • Mercury • Molybdenum • Moscovium (Ununpentium) • Neodymium • Neon • Neptunium • Nickel • Nihonium (Ununtrium) • Niobium • Nitrogen • Nobelium • Oganesson (Ununoctium) • Osmium • Oxygen • Palladium • Phosphorus • Platinum • Plutonium • Polonium • Potassium • Praseodymium • Promethium • Protactinium • Radium • Radon • Rhenium • Rhodium • Roentgenium • Rubidium • Ruthenium • Rutherfordium • Samarium • Scandium • Seaborgium • Selenium • Silicon • Silver • Sodium • Strontium • Sulfur • Tantalum • Technetium • Tellurium • Tennessine (Ununseptium) • Terbium • Thallium • Thorium • Thulium • Tin • Titanium • Tungsten • Uranium • Vanadium • Xenon • Ytterbium • Yttrium • Zinc • Zirconium

Physics – Atom • Atomic nucleus • Color • Elementary particle • Force • Gravitation • Mass • Matter • Optics • Phase • Quantum mechanics • Sound • Speed • Time • Weight • Energy • Radiation • Electromagnetic radiation • Visible spectrum • Special relativity • General relativity • Electromagnetism • Standard Model • Classical mechanics • Unsolved problems in physics

People and self

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Person – Biography • Character orientation • Consciousness • Gender • Health • Human • Human body • Identity • Individual • Intelligence • Moral character • Personal identity • Personality • Physical fitness • Spirituality • Values • Virtues

Self – in philosophy • in psychology • in sociology • Self-actualization • Self-awareness • Self-education • Self-care • Self-concept • Self control • Self disclosure • Self-efficacy • Self-esteem • Self harm • Self help • Self-identity • Self image • Self monitoring • Self-perception • Self-regulated learning • Self talk

Personal life • Adventure • Aging (life cycle) • Career • Citizenship • Education • Employment • Everyday life • Experience • Family • Friendship • Goal • Health maintenance • Home • Homemaking • Human condition • Human ecology • Interpersonal relationship • Intimate relationship • Kinship • Leisure • Lifestyle • Lifeworld • Manual labour • Maslow's hierarchy of needs • Meaning of life • Pets • Physical quality-of-life index • Profession • Quality of life • Quality time • Real life • Sex life • Travel • Work-life balance

People – Adult • Alien (foreigner) • Child • Father • Genius • Human • Indigenous peoples • Man • Minor • Mother • Parent • Woman • Youth

Philosophy and thinking

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Philosophy – Being • Common sense • Feminist philosophy • Futurology • Goodness and value theory • Happiness • -ism • Meaning of life • Mind • Rhetoric • Space • Unsolved problems in philosophy

By region – Eastern philosophy • Western philosophy

Branches of philosophy – Aesthetics • Ethics • Epistemology • Logic • Metaphysics

Subdisciplines of philosophy – Culture • Education • Geography • History • Human nature • Language • Law • Literature • Mathematics • Mind • Philosophy • Physics • Politics • Psychology • Religion • Science • Social science • Technology • War

Schools of philosophy

Eastern – Mīmāṃsā • Nyaya • Samkhya • Vaisheshika • Vedanta • Yoga

Western – Analytic philosophy • Aristotelianism • Continental Philosophy • Critical theory • Deconstructivism • Determinism • Dialectical materialism • Empiricism • Existentialism • Hegelianism • Hermeneutics • Humanism • Idealism • Kantianism • Logical Positivism • Materialism • Neoplatonism • Nihilism • Objectivism • Ordinary Language • Phenomenology • Platonism • Positivism • Postmodernism • Poststructuralism • Pragmatism • Presocratic • Rationalism • Reformational • Relativism • Scholasticism • Skepticism • Stoicism • Structuralism • Thomism • Transhumanism • Utilitarianism

Thinking – Awareness • Creative processes • Decision making • Heuristic • Learning • Memory • Problem solving • Reason • Teaching

Qualities of thought – Accuracy • Effectiveness • Efficacy • Efficiency • Frugality • Prudence • Right • Soundness • Validity • Value theory

Thinking errors – Cognitive bias • Cognitive distortion • Error • Fallacy • Fallacies of definition • Logical fallacy • Target fixation

Related – Genius • High IQ society • Mensa • Nootropics • Philomath • Polymath

Religion and belief systems

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Belief Systems

Major beliefs of the world

Society and social sciences

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Main articles: Social sciences and Society See also Science and Scientific method

Social sciences – Anthropology • Archaeology • Cognitive science • Communication studies • Critical theory • Cultural studies • Development studies • Economics (Unsolved problems in economics) • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics • Law • Political science • Psychology • Social policy • Sociology

Society – Commons • Ethnic groups • Global commons • Global issue • Group • Infrastructure • People

Community – Communitarianism • Community development • International community • Local community • Sense of community • Social capital • Socialization • Structure and agency • World community

Social development – Decadence • Social progress • Technological evolution

Sociocultural evolution: Accelerating change → Hunter-gatherer bands → Social rank → Tribes → Social stratification → Chiefdoms → Neolithic Revolution → Civilization → Agrarian society → Pre-industrial society → Agrarian villages → Towns → Cities → City-states → Nation-states → Industrial Revolution → (Modern) Industrial society → (Postmodern) Post-industrial society → Informational Revolution → Information society → Digital Revolution → Global network → Globalization → World government? → Space colonization? → Technological singularity?

Social institutions – Organization

Family – Daughter • Extended family • Father • Grandparent • Home • Human bonding • Mother • Nuclear family • Parent • Son

Religion

Infrastructure

Public infrastructure – Highways • Streets • Roads • Bridges • Mass transit • Airports and Airways • Rail transport • Water supply and Water resources • Wastewater management • Solid-waste treatment and disposal • Electric power

Private infrastructure – Automobiles • Homes • Personal computers • Personal property • Real estate

Economy and Business – Finance • Management • Marketing • Franchising

Education – Academia • Academic misconduct • Homework • Learning • Pedagogy • School • Student • Study skills • Teacher

Civil society

Government and Politics – Politics by country • International relations • Public affairs

Law – Criminal justice • Law enforcement • Legislation • Prison

Social network – Communication • Journalism • Social capital