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The 20th century was marked by world wars, scientific advances, cultural changes, and global challenges. Learn about the key events, themes, and developments that shaped the last century of the 2nd millennium.
The 20th century From 1900 to 1945 The Edwardians. The 20th century opened with great hope but also with some apprehension, for the new century marked the final approach to a new millennium. For many, humankind was entering upon an unprecedented era.
16 lug 2019 · Explore the major events and trends of the 20th century in this decade-by-decade overview. From the first flight to the fall of the Berlin Wall, see how the world changed in the last century.
- Jennifer Rosenberg
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.
September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14. September 7: The Eight-Nation Alliance defeats the Boxer Rebellion, and imposes heavy financial penalties on China. December 10: First Nobel Prizes awarded.
In the early 20th-century literary modernism developed in the English-speaking world due to a general sense of disillusionment with the Victorian era attitudes of certainty, conservatism, and belief in the idea of objective truth.
Il secolo breve (sottotitolo: 1914-1991: l'era dei grandi cataclismi; titolo originale: The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991) è un saggio dello storico britannico Eric Hobsbawm, dedicato agli avvenimenti principali del XX secolo.
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