History
Articles about historical periods, events and developments.
Paleography
Paleography: the study of historical handwriting and scripts
Pallava dynasty
Palm-leaf manuscript
Pandya dynasty
Papyrus
Papyrus: ancient Egyptian writing material and reed product
Paris Peace Treaties, 1947
Paris Peace Treaties (1947)
Parthia
Parthian language
Parthian language: an overview of the ancient Iranian tongue
Partition of India
Partition of India (1947): division, migration, and legacy
Partitions of Poland
Past
Patiala state
Patiala State (Phulkian princely state of Punjab)
Pax Romana
Peace of Augsburg
Peace of Augsburg (1555)
A 1555 settlement in the Holy Roman Empire that legally recognised Lutheranism alongside Catholicism under the principle 'cuius regio, eius religio', but left unresolved conflicts
Peace of Münster
Peace of Paris (1814)
Treaty of Paris (1814) — Peace that ended the war with the Sixth Coalition
Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia (1648): treaties ending the Thirty and Eighty Years' Wars
Pechenegs
Pechenegs (Patzinaks): A Turkic Steppe People
Overview of the Pechenegs (Patzinaks), a semi-nomadic Turkic people of the Eurasian steppes: origins, society, military role, interactions with Byzantium and Rus', decline and lega
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC): Athens versus Sparta
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Peninsular War
Peninsular War (1807–1814): Conflict on the Iberian Peninsula
A major theater of the Napoleonic Wars fought across Spain and Portugal (1807–1814), notable for British intervention, widespread guerrilla resistance and its contribution to Napol
Penny Black
Penny Lilac
Penny Red
Period
Persian and Urdu
Persian and Urdu: historical influence, structure and literary traditions
Pharaoh
Philippine Revolution
Philippine Revolution (1896–1898)
Phoenicia
Phoenicia: ancient maritime civilization of the Levant
Phoney War
Phoney War (September 1939 – May 1940)
Phrygia
Phrygia: ancient kingdom and culture of central Anatolia
Piast dynasty
Picts
Picts: peoples of northern and eastern Scotland in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Pinta (ship)
Plague of Athens
Plague of Justinian
Polans
Polans (Polanie): West Slavic tribe of Greater Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)
A dual state formed by the Union of Lublin (1569), the Commonwealth combined Poland and Lithuania into a multiethnic, elective monarchy noted for noble liberties, religious plurali
Polish–Lithuanian union
Polish–Lithuanian union: formation, institutions and legacy
Pontic Greek Genocide
Pontic Greeks
Pope Adrian
Pope Callixtus
Pope John
Pope John — history, numbering, and notable holders of the name
Pope Paul
Pope Paul (I–VI): Overview of the six popes named Paul
Pope Victor
Pope Victor — Popes and antipopes named Victor