20th-century history
Recent era's events
The academic study of world events from 1901 to 2000, encompassing two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, decolonization, and the Cold War.
As a school subject, it typically covers these major conflicts and movements: She's taking 20th-century history this semester.
The hyphenated form functions as an adjective modifying what follows.
- DecolonizationEnding foreign imperial rule
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- Great MigrationVast collective relocation
- FeminismWomen's equality advocacy
Counterculture · Harlem Renaissance · Cuban Missile Crisis · Cold War · Iron Curtain · Red Scare · Marshall Plan · Vietnam War · Beat Generation · Russian Revolution · Roaring Twenties · Postmodernism · Fascism · United Nations · Chinese Revolution · NATO · Kyoto Protocol · Robotics
20th-century historyancient history
Study of earliest civilizations
prehistory · medieval history · classical antiquity · antiquity · early modern history
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