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big history

academic discipline which examines history from the Big Bang to the present
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big history

Summary

big history is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 760 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #164 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • big history's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • big history's instance of is recorded as academic major[4].
  • big history is a type of study of history[5].
  • big history's Commons category is recorded as Big History[6].
  • big history's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Big History[7].
  • big history's topic has template is recorded as Template:Big History[8].
  • big history's different from is recorded as Universal History[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3] and academic major[4]. big history is a type of study of history[5].

Why It Matters

big history draws 760 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #164 of 1,010).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). big history. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-history
MLA “big history.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-history.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_big-history_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{big history}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-history}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 31FPEC
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → academic discipline, academic major
    Different from → Universal History
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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