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Categories of Geometry [closed]

I learn that Geometry has several categories/subfields from Wikipedia. But I am still not clear about the standards according to which they are classified. It seems Euclidean Geometry, Affine ...
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Historical use of figures in geometry

I was surprised to learn from John Stillwell's comment in answer to the question, "Can the unsolvability of quintics be seen in the geometry of the icosahedron?", that There is not a single picture ...