past, past times, yesteryear, yore - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"

antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

age, historic period - an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"

Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

Renaissance - the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

continuum - a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct of distinguishable from adjacent parts

history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"

ancient history - a history of the ancient world

etymology - a history of a word

case history - detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment

historical document, historical paper, historical record - writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

chronological record, annals - a chronological account of events in successive years

biography, life history, life story, life - an account of the series of events making up a person's life

record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"

recital - a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"

Boston Tea Party - demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea

arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"

chronicle, history, account, story - a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

historian, historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

Saracen - (historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades

Saracen - (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire

cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning