historical settings
Bygone era locales
Historical settings are time periods and places from the past used as backdrops for stories, games, or other creative works.
The term appears most often in discussions of fiction: The novel's historical setting—Victorian London—shapes every aspect of the plot.
A historical setting typically requires research to render authentically, distinguishing it from contemporary or imagined worlds.
- Ancient EgyptPharaonic Nile civilization
- Indus ValleyAncient South Asian river culture
- Cold War eraEast-West tension period
- Byzantine EmpireMedieval eastern Roman state
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
Roaring Twenties · Industrial Revolution · Roman Empire · Ottoman Empire · period dramas · period piece · time period · architectural styles · costume design · Mesopotamia · reenactments · Imperial China · Tudor England · Victorian age · Gilded Age · ancient civilizations · ancient ruins · feudal systems
- historical romanceVictorian romance, medieval romance, period drama, love stories, romantic plots
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- castleskeep, moat, drawbridge, dungeon, turret
- kids' book genresadventure tales, fairy tales, fantasy worlds, mystery stories, classic tales
- RomanticismWilliam Blake, the sublime, J.M.W. Turner, Eugene Delacroix, emotionalism
- ancient cities in filmancient Rome, Rome, ancient Egypt, Babylon, Pompeii
historical settingsfantasy settings
Imaginary locales for stories
imaginary worlds · fictional settings · mythical lands · alternate realities · fictional universes