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2nd millennium

Thesecond millenniumof theAnno DominiorCommon Erawas amillenniumspanning the years 1001 to 2000. It began on January 1, 1001 (MI) and ended on December 31, 2000 (MM), (11thto20thcenturies; in astronomy:JD2086667.5–2451909.5[1]).

Millennia:
Centuries:
European colonization of the AmericasAmerican RevolutionIslamic conquest of ConstantinopleBlack DeathNapoleon BonaparteTelephoneAirplaneApollo 11World War IILight BulbGutenberg Bible
From top left, clockwise: in 1492,Christopher Columbusreachesthe New World,opening theEuropean colonization of the Americas;theAmerican Revolution,one of the late 1700sEnlightenment-inspiredAtlantic Revolutions;theOttoman conquest of Constantinople;theAtomic BombfromWorld War II;an alternate source of light, thelight bulb;for the first time, ahuman beingsets foot on the Moonin 1969 during theApollo 11Moon mission;airplanesenable widespread air travel;Napoleon Bonaparte,in the early 19th century, affects France and Europe withexpansionism,modernization,andnationalism;Alexander Graham Bell'stelephone;in 1348, theBlack Deathkills in just two years over 100 million people worldwide, and over half ofEurope.(Background: An excerpt from theGutenberg Bible,the first major book printed in the West using movable type, in the 1450s)

It encompassed theHighandLate Middle Agesof theOld World,theIslamic Golden Ageand the period ofRenaissance,followed by theearly modern period,characterized by theEuropean wars of religion,theAge of Enlightenment,theAge of Discoveryand thecolonial period.Its final two centuries coincide withmodern history,characterized byindustrialization,the rise ofnation states,the rapid development ofscience,widespreadeducation,and universalhealth careandvaccinationsin thedeveloped world.The20th centurysaw increasingglobalization,most notably the twoWorld Warsand the subsequent formation of theUnited Nations.20th-century technology includespowered flight,televisionandsemiconductor technology,includingintegrated circuits.The term "Great Divergence"was coined to refer the unprecedented cultural and political ascent of theWestern worldin the second half of the millennium, emerging by the 18th century as the most powerful and wealthyworld civilization,having eclipsedQing China,theIslamic worldandIndia.This allowed thecolonizationby European countries of much of the world during this millennium, including the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and South and Southeast Asia.

World populationgrew without precedent over the millennium, from about 310 million in 1000 to about 6 billion in 2000. Thepopulation growthrate increased dramatically during this time; world population approximately doubled to 600 million by 1700, and doubled more than three more times by 2000, ultimately reaching about 1.8% per year in the second half of the 20th century.

Political history

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Further information:Human history

Middle Ages

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Main article:Middle Ages
Further information:List of states during the Middle AgesandList of political entities in the 11th century

Europe

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Near East

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see alsoCrusades,Mongol invasions

North Africa

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East Asia

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India

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Further information:Medieval India,Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent,andDecline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent

Sahel / Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa

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Further information:Islamization of the Sudan regionandList of kingdoms in pre-colonial Africa

Pre-Columbian Americas

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Early Modern period

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Main article:Early Modern period
Further information:Age of Discovery,Colonial Era,andGreat Divergence
Further information:List of sovereign states in 1528,List of sovereign states in 1648,List of sovereign states in 1660,andList of sovereign states in 1777

Europe

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Further information:Early modern EuropeandThirty Years' War
Further information:European wars of religion,French Revolution,Napoleonic wars,andMonarchies_in_Europe § Early_Modern_Europe

Colonial empires

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Asia

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Modern history

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Main article:Modern history
Further information:Timeline of the 19th century,Timeline of the 20th century,andWorld Wars
Further information:List of political entities in the 19th century,List of sovereign states in the 1900s,List of sovereign states in the 1950s,andList of sovereign states in the 1990s

Europe

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Asia

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Americas

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Further information:United Nations geoscheme for the Americas,South_America § Countries_and_territories,andNorthern_America § Countries_and_dependent_territories

Africa

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Further information:History_of_Africa § European_colonial_territories

Cultural and technological history

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Further information:History of technologyandHistory of science
Further information:East–West Schism,Renaissance of the 12th century,Neo-Confucianism,Bhakti movement,Reformation,Spiritualism (movement),andGreat Awakening
Further information:Renaissance,Scientific Revolution,Age of Enlightenment,Modernity,Industrial Revolution,andEuropean miracle
Inventions, discoveries and introductions
Communication and technology Science and mathematics Manufacturing Transportation and
exploration 		Warfare
Communication and technology
  1. Printing press(c. 1450)[2]
  2. Thermometer(1596)
  3. Electrostatic generator(1706)
  4. Electrical battery(1800)
  5. Telegraph(1832)
  6. Photography(1837)
  7. Telephone(1860)
  8. Animation(1906)
  9. Television(1932)
  10. Computer(1939)
  11. Transistor(1947)
  12. Satellite(1957)
  13. Internet(1969)[2]
  14. Video games(1972)
  1. Accounting(c. 1494)
  2. Probability(c. 1549)
  3. Calculus(c. 1680)
  4. Vaccination(1796)[2][3]
  5. Atomic theory(1808)[3]
  6. Anesthesia(1842)[2][3]
  7. Natural selection(1858)[3]
  8. Genetics(1866)[2][3]
  9. Special relativity(1905)[3]
  10. Penicillin(1920)[2][3]
  11. DNA(1928)[3]
  12. Quantum mechanics(1935)[3]
  13. Electricity
  1. Canned food(1809)
  2. Plastic(1869)[3]
  3. Assembly line(1913)
  4. Frozen food(1924)
  5. Sliced bread(1928)
  6. Nuclear reactor(1942)
  7. Food processor(1971)
  8. Finite geometry(1989)
  1. Barometer(1643)
  2. Steam engine(1712)
  3. Steam locomotive(1804)
  4. Bicycle(1817)
  5. Internal combustion engine(1833)
  6. Steam turbine(1884)
  7. Automobile(1886)
  8. Airplane(1903)
  9. Moon landing(1969)
  10. Space station(1971)
  11. Reusable launch system(1981)
  12. GPS navigation(1983)
  1. Firearms(c. 1100)
  2. Longbow(c. 1386)
  3. Rockets
  4. Submarine(1776)
  5. Aircraft carrier(1911)
  6. Tanks(1916)
  7. Nuclear weapon(1945)

Calendar

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Further information:Year 2000 problem

TheJulian calendarwas used in Europe at the beginning of the millennium, and all countries that once used the Julian calendar had adopted theGregorian calendarby the end of it. For this reason, the end date of the 2nd millennium is usually calculated based on the Gregorian calendar, while the beginning date is based on the Julian calendar (or occasionally theproleptic Gregorian calendar).

In the late 1990s, there was a dispute as to whether the millennium should be taken to end on December 31, 1999, or December 31, 2000. Stephen Jay Gouldat the time argued there is no objective way of deciding this question.[4] Associated Pressreported that the third millennium began on 1 January 2001, but also reported that celebrations in the US were generally more subdued at the beginning of 2001, compared to the beginning of 2000.[5] Many public celebrations for the end of the second millennium were held on December 31, 1999 – January 1, 2000[6]—with a few people marking the end of the millennium a year later.

Centuries and decades

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11th century 1000s 1010s 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s 1070s 1080s 1090s
12th century 1100s 1110s 1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s
13th century 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s
14th century 1300s 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s 1360s 1370s 1380s 1390s
15th century 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s
16th century 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s
17th century 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s
18th century 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
19th century 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
20th century 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

References

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  1. ^"Julian Day Number from Date Calculator".High accuracy calculation for life or science.
  2. ^abcdefKeeley, Larry (2007-02-16)."The Greatest Innovations of All Time".BusinessWeek.The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2008.Retrieved2008-11-12.
  3. ^abcdefghij"The Big 100: the Science Channels 100 Greatest Discoveries".Discovery Communications, LLC. 2008.Archivedfrom the original on 31 October 2008.Retrieved2008-11-12.
  4. ^Stephen Jay Gould,Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown(New York: Harmony Books, 1999), ch 2.
  5. ^Associated Press,"Y2K It Wasn't, but It Was a Party",Los Angeles Times,January 1, 2001.
  6. ^"Millennium FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions".When does the Millennium start?.Greenwich2000.ltd.uk. 2008-08-12.Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2009.Retrieved2009-01-29.
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