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The abolition of slavery
The agricultural and industrial revolutionsGlobal commerce, competition and empireTrade unionism, socialism and marxism | Wikipedia has related information at19th century |
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Independence in the AmericasQueen VictoriaBenjamin DisraeliTaiping Rebellion -Wikipedia:Taiping RebellionNapoleon BonaparteSchrammel accordionAmerican Civil WarFranco-Prussian War -Wikipedia:Franco-Prussian WarOpium Wars -Wikipedia | Wikipedia has related information at20th century |
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World at the Turn of the CenturyEnd of Imperial ChinaRusso-Japanese War
First World WarRussian Revolution(Wikipedia)Rise of Fascism, Socialism and CommunismGreat DepressionSpanish Civil War (Wikipedia)Greco-Turkish War(Wikipedia)Second World WarJ.R.R. Tolkien(Wikipedia)Partition of India
Beginning of the Cold WarThe Cold WarDecolonisationKorean WarSpace ExplorationSino-Soviet SplitEarl Lincoln PooleVietnam WarWar over Kashmir and BangladeshSoviet Invasion of AfghanistanFall of the Soviet UnionGulf WarEnd of ApartheidDawn of the Computer AgeWorld at the end of the 20th CenturyNeed a section on Nazi Germany | Wikipedia has related information at21st Century |
World at the Turn of the MilleniumWikipediaEast TimorBush's Administration
Beaconsfield mine collapseThe major people in this time frame are: