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The 20th century began on 1 January 1901 (MCMI), and ended on 31 December 2000 (MM). [1] [2] It was the 10th and last century of the 2nd millennium and was marked by new models of scientific understanding, unprecedented scopes of warfare, new modes of communication that would operate at nearly instant speeds, and new forms of art and entertainment.
Johnson describes world history beginning with the aftermath of World War I, and ending with the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.. In the first part of the book, Johnson deals mainly with the shaping of the Soviet Union in the first decades after World War I, the collapse of democracy in Central Europe due to the rise of Fascism and National Socialism, the causes that led to World War ...
The 20th century changed the world in unprecedented ways. The World Wars sparked tension between countries and led to the creation of atomic bombs, the Cold War led to the Space Race and the creation of space-based rockets, and the World Wide Web was created.
May 31: Establishment of 20th Century Fox. March 21: Reza Shah of Iran asks the international community to formally adopt the name "Iran" to refer to the country, instead of the name "Persia". June 12: Chaco War ends. September 15: Enactment of the Nuremberg racial laws. October 3: The Second Italo-Ethiopian War begins and goes until February 1937.
Published estimates for the 1st century ("AD 1") suggest uncertainty of the order of 50% (estimates range between 150 and 330 million). Some estimates extend their timeline into deep prehistory, to " 10,000 BC", i.e., the early Holocene , when world population estimates range roughly between 1 and 10 million (with an uncertainty of up to an ...
For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events; For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events; For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century
A History of the World in the 20th Century is a history textbook by J. A. S. Grenville, first published in 1994.It is followed by A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century, which has reached its 5th edition, [1] and is commonly used in International Baccalaureate 20th Century World History classes.
The Cartoon History of the Universe; The Celts: First Masters of Europe; Century (1999 book) The Century for Young People; China's Red Army Marches; Chronicle of the 20th Century; The Civil War in the United States; The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World; The Collapse of the Third Republic; The Commoners' New Forest