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    CONTEMPORARY WORLD

    WHEN DID IT BEGIN?


    HISTORICAL PERIOD

    • ANCIENT HISTORY
    • POST-CLASSICAL HISTORY
    • MODERN HISTORY
    MODERN HISTORY
    1500 – PRESENT
    THE CREATION OF GLOBAL CONNECTION
    • EARLY MODERN PERIOD
    • RENAISSANCE
    • ELIZABETHAN
    • ENLIGHTENMENT
    • LATE MODERN PERIOD
    • INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
    • WWI AND II
    • CONTEMPORARY PERIOD – 1945 – PRESENT
    • UNITED NATIONS
    WHAT DOES CONTEMPORARY MEAN?

    • Literally existing or happening now.


    • Present-time.
    CONTEMPORARY WORLD
    • Refers to the historical, political, socio-
    cultural, economic events that took place
    from1945 to the present day.
    WHAT WERE SOME MAJOR EVENTS IN
    CONTEMPORARY WORLD/TIME?
    IN COLD WAR THERE IS NO MASSIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE
    FIGHTING.

    • Cold war is commonly done through proxy war.


    • USA VS SOVIET UNION
    THE CREATION OF UNITED NATIONS IN 1945
    WHICH STRIVED TO PROMOTE
    INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.

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