World History

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Library of Congress Classification Outline: World History and History of Europe

D History General

DA History of Great Britain - History of Ireland - History of the British Isles

DAW History of Central Europe

DB History of Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia

DC History of France - Andorra - Monaco

DD History of Germany

DE History of the Greco-Roman World

DF History of Greece

DG History of Italy - Malta

DH History of Benelux Countries

DJ History of the Netherlands (Holland)

DJK History of Eastern Europe (General)

DK History of Russia; Soviet Union; Former Soviet Republics

DL History of Northern Europe; Scandinavia

DP History of Spain - Portugal

DQ History of Switzerland

DR History of the Balkan Peninsula

DS History of Asia

DT History of Africa

DU History of Oceania

DX History of Gypsies

E History of America

F United States Local History

   British America

   Dutch America

   French America

   Latin America, Spanish America

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