Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification): D - History: General & Outside the Americas

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D - General World History

D   1-1075   General World History.
    1-24.5   General
    1   Periodicals, Societies
    2   Yearbooks, Registers
    3   Congresses, Conferences, etc., By Country
    5   Sources and Documents, Collections
    5.5   Minor Sources, Source Books
    6   Collected Works: Several Authors
    7   Collected Works: Individual Authors
    8   Minor Works, Pamphlets. etc/
    9   Dictionaries
    10   Minor Reference Books (anecdotes, curiosa, allusions, etc.)
    11   Chronological Tables, etc.: General
    11.5   Chronological Tables, etc.: Special
    12   Pictorial Atlases
    13   Historiography: General Works
    13.2   Historiography: Criticisms & Reviews
    14   Biographies of Historians: Collective
    15   Biographies of Historians: Individual, A-Z
    16   Methodology, Relation to Other Sciences
    16.2   Study and Teaching: General Works
    16.25   Study and Teaching: General Special
    16.3   Study and Teaching: United States
    16.4   Study and Teaching: Other Countries, A-Z
    16.5   Study and Teaching: Schools, by Place or Name, A-Z
    16.7   Philosophy of History: General Works to 1800
    16.8   Philosophy of History: General Works 1801-
    16.9   Special Topics
    17   World Histories: Chronicles and Works Written before 1525
    18   World Histories: Chronicles and Works Written 1525 to 1800
    20   World Histories: General Works, 1801-
    21   World Histories: Compendiums, Textbooks, Outlines, Syllabi
    21.1   World Histories: Pictorial Works
    21.3   World Histories: General Special
    21.5   World Histories: Historical Geography
    22   History of Several Countries Treated Together
    23   General Popular Works
    23.5   Comic and Satirical Works
    24   Historical Events Not Restricted to One Country
    24.5   Other
    25-27   Military and Naval History
    31-34   Political and Diplomatic History
    51-95   Ancient History
    101-110.5   Medieval and Modern History (General)
    111-203   Medieval History
    135-149   Migrations
    151-173   Crusades
    175-195   Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Latin Orient
    198-199.7   Islamic Empire
    200-203   Later Medieval (11th-15th Centuries)
    204-893   Modern History
    219-234   1453-1648
    242-283.5   1601-1715
    251-271   Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
    274.5-6   Anglo-French War, 1666-1667
    275-276   War of Devolution, 1667-1668
    277-278.5   Dutch War, 1672-1678
    279-280.5   War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697
    281-283.5   War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1714
    284-297   1715-1789
    291-294   War of Austrian Succession, 1740-1748
    297   Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
    301-309   1789-1815, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period
    351-400   Nineteenth Century
    371-379   Eastern Question
    383   1815-1830, Holy Alliance, Quadruple Alliance - 1815
    394-400   1871- , Later Nineteenth Century
    410-850   Twentieth Century
    501-680   World War I (1914-1918)
    720-728   Period Between World Wars (1919-1939)
    731-838   World War II (1939-1945)
    839-850   Post World War II History (1945 - )
    880-888   Developing Countries
    890-893   Eastern Hemisphere
    900-1075   Europe (General)
    901-980   Description and Travel
    1050-1075   History

DA - Great Britain

DA
 
1-995
 
Great Britian, Ireland.
 
 
10-18
 
British Empire
 
 
20-690
 
England
 
 
20-27.5
 
General
 
 
28-592
 
History
 
 
28-35
 
General
 
 
40-89.6
 
Political, Military, Naval, and Air Force History
 
 
90-125
 
Antiquities, Social Life and Customs, Races
 
 
129-260
 
Early and Medieval History to 1485
 
 
140-199
 
Celts, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans
 
 
200-260
 
1154-1485, Angevins, Plantagenets, Lancaster-York
 
 
250-260
 
War of the Roses, 1455-1485
 
 
300-592
 
Modern, 1485-
 
 
310-360
 
Tudors, 1485-1603
 
 
350-360
 
Elizabethan Age, Elizabeth I
 
 
385-398
 
Early Stuarts, 1603-1642
 
 
400-429
 
Civil War and Commonwealth, 1642-1660
 
 
430-497
 
Later Stuarts, 1660-1714
 
 
498-592
 
House of Hanover (Windsor), 1714-
 
 
550-565
 
Victorian Era, 1837-1901
 
 
566-592
 
Twentieth Century
 
 
600-668
 
Description and Travel
 
 
670
 
Counties, Regions, etc, A-Z
 
 
675-689
 
London
 
 
690
 
Other Cities, Towns, etc, A-Z
 
 
700-745
 
Wales
 
 
700-713
 
General
 
 
714-722.1
 
History
 
 
725-735
 
Description and Travel, etc.
 
 
740-745
 
Local History and Description
 
 
750-890
 
Scotland
 
 
750-757
 
General
 
 
758-826
 
History
 
 
758-763
 
General
 
 
765-774.5
 
Political and Military History, Antiquities, etc.
 
 
777-790
 
Early and Medieval to 1603
 
 
783.2-45
 
War of Independence, 1285-1371
 
 
783.5-790
 
Stuarts
 
 
800-814.5
 
1603-1745
 
 
807
 
The Union, 1707
 
 
813-814.5
 
The Jacobite Movements, 1707-1745
 
 
815-826
 
Nineteenth-Twentieth Centuries
 
 
850-878
 
Description and Travel
 
 
880-890
 
Local History and Description
 
 
900-995
 
Ireland
 
 
900-908.7
 
General
 
 
910-965
 
History
 
 
910-916.7
 
General History
 
 
916.8-927
 
Antiquities, Social Life and Customs, Races
 
 
930-937.5
 
Early and Medieval to 1603
 
 
933.3
 
English Conquest, 1154-1189
 
 
938-965
 
Modern, 1603-
 
 
949.5
 
The Union, 1800
 
 
950-965
 
Nineteenth-Twentieth Centuries
 
 
963
 
Republic of Ireland, Eire, 1922-
 
 
969-987
 
Description and Travel, etc.
 
 
990-995
 
Local History and Description
 
 
990.U45-46
 
Northern Ireland (Ulster)

DAW - Central Europe

DAW
 
1001-1051
 
Central Europe.
 
 
1001-1028
 
General
 
 
1031-1051
 
History

DB - Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia

DB
 
1-3150
 
Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
 
 
1-879
 
Austria
 
 
881-898
 
Lichtenstein
 
 
901-999
 
Hungary
 
 
2000-3150
 
Czech Republic, Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia)

DC - France

DC
 
1-947
 
France, Andorra, Monaco.
 
 
1-20.5
 
General
 
 
21-29
 
Description and Travel
 
 
139-249
 
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period
 
 
630-655.5
 
Alsace-Lorraine
 
 
701-790
 
Paris
 
 
921-930
 
Andorra
 
 
941-947
 
Monaco

DD - Germany

DD
 
1-901
 
Germany.
 
 
1-21
 
General
 
 
21.5-43
 
Description and Travel
 
 
201-261.7
 
19th-20th Centuries
 
 
253-256.5
 
The Third Reich (1933-1945)
 
 
280-289
 
East Germany
 
 
301-454
 
Prussia
 
 
701-901
 
Local History and Description

DE - The Mediterranean Region

DE
 
1-100
 
The Mediterranean Region, The Greco-Roman World.
 
 
1-15
 
General
 
 
23-31
 
Geography
 
 
46-73
 
Antiquities, Social Life and Customs, Races
 
 
80-93
 
History

DF - Greece

DF
 
10-951
 
Greece.
 
 
10-289
 
Ancient Greece
 
 
501-649
 
Medieval Greece, Byzantine Empire, 323-1453
 
 
701-951
 
Modern Greece
 
 
915-936
 
Athens
 
 
951
 
Other Cities and Towns

DG - Italy

DG
 
11-999
 
Italy.
 
 
11-365
 
Ancient Italy, Rome to 476
 
 
61-69
 
Rome (Ancient City)
 
 
401-583
 
Medieval and Modern Italy, 476-
 
 
670-684.72
 
Venice
 
 
791-800
 
Papal States, Vatican City
 
 
803-817.3
 
Rome (Modern City)
 
 
861-868
 
Sicily
 
 
987-999
 
Malta

DH - Belgium, Luxemburg

DH
 
1-925
 
Belgium, Luxembourg.
 
 
401-811
 
Belgium
 
 
901-925
 
Luxembourg

DJ - Netherlands (Holland)

DJ
 
1-500
 
Netherlands (Holland)
 
 
1-30
 
General
 
 
34-40
 
Description and Travel
 
 
95-289
 
History
 
 
401-411
 
Local History and Description

DK - Russia and former Soviet Republics

DK
 
1-4800
 
Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland
 
 
1-18
 
General
 
 
70-112
 
Early History to 1613
 
 
113-264.8
 
House of Romanov, 1613-1917
 
 
265
 
Revolution, 1917-1921
 
 
541-579
 
St. Petersburg, Leningrad
 
 
590-609
 
Moscow
 
 
751-781
 
Siberia
 
 
4010-4800
 
Poland

DL - Northern Europe, Scandinavia

DL
 
1-1180
 
Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
 
 
101-291
 
Denmark
 
 
301-398
 
Iceland
 
 
401-596
 
Norway
 
 
601-991
 
Sweden
 
 
1002-1180
 
Finland

DP - Spain, Portugal

DP
 
1-776
 
Spain, Portugal.
 
 
285-302
 
Spain Local History and Description
 
 
350-374
 
Madrid
 
 
501-900
 
Portugal
 
 
752-776
 
Lisbon

DQ - Switzerland

DQ
 
1-851
 
Switzerland.
 
 
301-800
 
Cantons
 
 
820-841
 
Alps

DR - Balkan Peninsula

DR
 
1-2285
 
Balkan Peninsula.
 
 
51-98
 
Bulgaria
 
 
201-296
 
Romania
 
 
401-741
 
Turkey
 
 
716-739
 
Istanbul
 
 
901-998
 
Albania
 
 
1202-2285
 
Yugoslavia

DS - Asia

DS
 
1-937
 
Asia.
 
 
1-5.9
 
General
 
 
31-35
 
History
 
 
35.3-35.8
 
The Islamic World
 
 
36-39.2
 
Arab Countries (including North Africa)
 
 
41-66
 
Southwestern Asia, Ancient Orient, Near East
 
 
67-79.9
 
Iraq
 
 
80-90
 
Lebanon
 
 
92-99
 
Syria
 
 
101-151
 
Israel, The Jews, Palestine
 
 
133-151
 
Jews Outside of Israel
 
 
153-154.9
 
Jordan
 
 
155-156
 
Asia Minor
 
 
161-199
 
Armenia
 
 
201-248
 
Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia
 
 
251-326
 
Iran
 
 
327-329
 
Ancient Western and Central Asia
 
 
331-339.9
 
Southern Asia, Indian Ocean Region
 
 
350-375
 
Afghanistan
 
 
376-392.2
 
Pakistan
 
 
393-396.9
 
Bangladesh
 
 
401-486.8
 
India
 
 
488-490
 
Sri Lanka
 
 
493-495.8
 
Nepal
 
 
498-498.8
 
Goa
 
 
501-519
 
East Asia, The Far East
 
 
527-530.9
 
Burma
 
 
554-554.98
 
Cambodia
 
 
555-555.98
 
Laos
 
 
556-560.72
 
Vietnam
 
 
557-559.8
 
Vietnamese Conflict
 
 
561-589
 
Thailand
 
 
591-599
 
Malaysia
 
 
600-605
 
Malay Archipelago
 
 
611-649
 
Indonesia
 
 
651-689
 
Philippines
 
 
701-799.9
 
China
 
 
777.545-779.29
 
People's Republic
 
 
781-784.2
 
Manchuria
 
 
785-786
 
Tibet
 
 
798.92-799.9
 
Taiwan
 
 
801-897
 
Japan
 
 
901-937
 
Korea
 
 
930-937
 
Democratic People's Republic

DT - Africa

DT
 
1-3415
 
Africa.
 
 
43-154
 
Egypt
 
 
154.1-159.9
 
Sudan
 
 
160-177
 
North Africa
 
 
179.2-179.9
 
Northwest Africa
 
 
181-346
 
Maghrib, Barbary States
 
 
211-239
 
Libya
 
 
241-269
 
Tunisia
 
 
271-299
 
Algeria
 
 
301-330
 
Morocco
 
 
331-346
 
Sahara
 
 
348-363.3
 
Central, Sub-Saharan Africa
 
 
365-469
 
Eastern Africa
 
 
371-398
 
Ethiopia
 
 
401-409
 
Somalia
 
 
411-411.9
 
Djibouti
 
 
433.2-433.29
 
Uganda
 
 
433.5-434
 
Kenya
 
 
436-449
 
Tanzania
 
 
450-450.49
 
Rwanda
 
 
450.5-450.95
 
Burundi
 
 
468-469
 
East African Islands
 
 
470-671
 
West Africa
 
 
491-516.9
 
British West Africa
 
 
509-509.9
 
Gambia
 
 
509.97-512.9
 
Ghana
 
 
515-515.9
 
Nigeria
 
 
516-516.9
 
Sierra Leone
 
 
521-555.9
 
French West Africa
 
 
541-541.9
 
Benin
 
 
543-543.9
 
Ghana
 
 
545-545.9
 
Ivory Coast
 
 
546.1-546.19
 
Gabon
 
 
546.2-546.29
 
Congo (Brazzaville)
 
 
546.3-546.39
 
Central African Republic
 
 
546.4-546.49
 
Chad
 
 
547-547.9
 
Niger
 
 
548
 
West Sahara
 
 
549-549.9
 
Senegal
 
 
551-551.9
 
Mali
 
 
554-554.9
 
Mauritania
 
 
555-555.9
 
Burkina Faso
 
 
561-581
 
Cameroon
 
 
582-582.9
 
Togo
 
 
591-615.9
 
Portuguese-Speaking West Africa
 
 
613-613.9
 
Guinea-Bissau
 
 
615-615.9
 
Sao Tome and Principe
 
 
619-620.9
 
Spanish West Africa
 
 
620-620.9
 
Equatorial Guinea
 
 
621-637
 
Liberia
 
 
639
 
Congo River Region
 
 
641-665
 
Zaire
 
 
669-671
 
Islands
 
 
1001-1190
 
Southern Africa
 
 
1251-1465
 
Angola
 
 
1501-1685
 
Namibia, South-West Africa
 
 
1701-2405
 
South Africa
 
 
1991-2054
 
Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope
 
 
2075-2145
 
Orange Free State
 
 
2181-2278
 
Natal
 
 
2291-2378
 
Transvaal, South African Republic
 
 
2421-2525
 
Botswana, Bechuanaland
 
 
2541-2686
 
Lesotho, Basutoland
 
 
2701-2825
 
Swaziland
 
 
2831-2864
 
British Central Africa, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
 
 
2871-3025
 
Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia
 
 
3031-3145
 
Zambia, Northern Rhodesia
 
 
3161-3257
 
Malawi-Nyasaland
 
 
3291-3415
 
Mozambique

DU - Oceania, Australia, New Zealand

DU
 
1-950
 
Oceania, Australia, New Zealand.
 
 
80-398
 
Australia
 
 
400-430
 
New Zeland
 
 
490
 
Melanesia
 
 
500
 
Micronesia
 
 
510
 
Polynesia
 
 
520-950
 
Smaller Island Groups
 
 
620-629
 
Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
 
 
739-747
 
New Guinea
 
 
810-819
 
Samoan Islands

DX - Roma (Gypsies)

DX
 
101-301
 
Roma (Gypsies).