Timeline of Humor
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Welcome to the timeline of humor part of the history of humor. Here you will find a brief timeline on the history of humor.  Remember to click the up link or back button on your web browser or you'll be stuck here forever!

                   

Ancient Greek comedy Ancient roman comedy

renaissance comedy

Elizabethan comedy

17th-18th-century comedy

Modern comedy

Humor was at first a celebration of the Greek god of mischief,  Dionysus Then comedy evolved into love being held back by a father/villain Comedy almost disappeared for a while when there were only comical scenes of plays and stories Then errors and obsessions came into comedy, but there was once again the love front. Then comedy and tragedy were kept strictly separate, and impressions an foolery were introduced. Modern comedy is in all the ways there ever was, from love tragedies, to every day problems, to obsessions, to foolery
 

References were:  Grolier Encyclopedia 1996.