The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to classical studies: Classical studies (Classics for short) – earliest branch of the humanities, which covers the languages, literature, history, art, and other cultural aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world. The field focuses primarily on, but is not limited to, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during classical antiquity, the era spanning from the late Bronze Age of Ancient Greece during the Minoan and Mycenaean periods (c. 1600–1100 BC) through the period known as Late Antiquity to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, c. 500 AD. The word classics is also used to refer to the literature of the period. Branches of classical studies Culture of Ancient Greece Culture of Ancient Rome Culture of Ancient Mediterranean Subdisciplines of classical studies Classical archaeology Classical art Art in ancient Greece Roman art Classical architecture Architecture of Ancient Greece Roman architecture Numismatics Classical history Bronze Age Classical Antiquity Classical society Ancient Greek society Roman society Classical religion Religion in ancient Greece Greek mythology Religion in Ancient Rome Roman mythology Classical philology Classical language Ancient Greek Classical Latin Classical literature Theatre of Ancient Greece Theatre of Ancient Rome Classical Textual criticism Classical philosophy Greek philosophy Ancient philosophy Classical science and technology History of science in Classical Antiquity Ancient Greek technology Roman technology Palaeography History of classical studies History of the western classics (Not to be confused with classical history (see below)) Literae Humaniores General classical studies concepts Ancient history – Classical antiquity – Literae Humaniores – Classical archaeology Classical archaeology Late Helladic period Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The Greek category was not "Wonders" but "theamata", which translates closer to "must-sees". The list that we know today was compiled in the Middle Ages—by which time many of the sites were no longer in existence: Great Pyramid of Giza (the only wonder of the Ancient World still in existence) Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria Classical art See also Ancient art Art in Ancient Greece Art in Ancient Greece Music in ancient Greece Musical system of ancient Greece Sculpture in ancient Greece Theatre of ancient Greece Roman art Roman art Ancient Roman music Roman sculpture Classical architecture Classical architecture Ancient Greek architecture Architecture of Ancient Greece Parthenon