The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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The twentieth century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social, ideological, and political innovations. Terms like ideology, world war, genocide, and nuclear war entered common usage and became an influence on the lives of everyday people. War reached an unprecedented scale and level of sophistication; in the Second World War (1939-1945) alone, approximately 57 million people died, mainly due to massive improvements in weaponry. The trends of mechanization of goods and ...

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The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad from 1902 to 1967, during which time it would become known as a "National Institution" and the "Most Famous Train in the World." In the year of its last run, The New York Times said that it "...was known to railroad buffs for 65 years as the world's greatest train." The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois along the railroad's famed "Water Level Route" ...

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(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) 20th century BC - Events. 2064 – 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt. 1991 BC -- Egypt: Pharaoh Mentuhotep IV died. End of Eleventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Amenemhat I started to rule. Start of Twelfth Dynasty. 1932 BC -- Amorite conquest of Ur. 1913 – 1903 BC -- Egyptian-Nubian war. 1900 BC -- Achaean invasions of Greece. around 1900 BC -- Fall of last Sumerian dynasty. < ...

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The 20th century brought with it upheavals that produced a series of conflicting developments within philosophy over the basis of knowledge and the validity of various absolutes. With classical certainties thought to be overthrown, and new social, economic, scientific, ethical, and logical problems, 20th-century philosophy was set for a series of attempts variously to reform, preserve, alter, abolish, previously conceived limits. Philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and epistemology furthered seemingly antagonistic tenden ...

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In 1900, Ballymena assumed urban status. The Adairs disposed of most of their Ballymena estate to the occupying tenants in 1904, under the provisions of the Irish Land Act of 1903. The “old” town hall building, which also contained the post office and estate office, burned down in 1919. Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) laid the cornerstone to the new town hall on July 24, 1924, and it was officially opened on November 20, 1928. The Urban District Council petitioned for borough status and the Charter was granted in Decem ...

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In October of 1941, the mayor of Port Orford, Oregon, Gilbert Gable, announced that the Oregon counties of Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and Klamath should join with the California counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou and Modoc to form a new state, which was later named Jefferson. Gable proposed creating this new state to draw attention to the condition of the state roads along the Oregon-California border, which at the time were oiled dirt roads that became impassable in rain or snow, and handicapped economic development. As local his ...

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History of Bratislava - 21st century. 2003: the millionth car is produced at Volkswagen Bratislava; the factory produces the models Touareg, Polo, Seat Ibiza, Golf, Bora 4Motion and their sub-models in 2003 2003: construction starts on the fifth bridge over the Danube, the Apollo bridge (Most Apollo): the bridge will be opened for traffic on September 3, 2005. See also: Peace of Pressburg ...

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History of Bratislava, History of Bratislava - Prehistory, History of Bratislava - 1st century–10th century, History of Bratislava - 1000–1241, History of Bratislava - 1241–1536, History of Bratislava - 1536–1784, History of Bratislava - 1784–1900, History of Bratislava - 20th century, History of Bratislava - 21st century, History of Bratislava - Ethnic structure, History of Bratislava - Historic personalities

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In the West during the 20th century, the discipline of geography went through four major phases: environmental determinism, regional science, the quantitative revolution, and critical geography. History of geography - Environmental determinism. Environmental determinism is the theory that a peoples physical, mental and moral habits are directly due to the influence of their natural environment. Prominent environmental determinists included Carl Ritter, Ellen Churchill Semple, and Ellsworth Huntingto ...

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History of geography, History of geography - The Greeks the Romans and the Arabs, History of geography - Marco Polo, History of geography - 18th century, History of geography - 19th century, History of geography - 20th century, History of geography - Environmental determinism, History of geography - Regional science, History of geography - The Quantitative revolution, History of geography - Critical geography

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With industrialisation Sydney expanded rapidly, and by the early 20th century it had a population well in excess of one million. The Great Depression hit Sydney badly. One of the highlights of the Depression Era however, was the completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932. Throughout the 20th century Sydney continued to expand with various new waves of European and (later) Asian immigration, resulting in its ...

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History of Sydney, History of Sydney - European settlement, History of Sydney - Early Sydney, History of Sydney - First newspaper, History of Sydney - Gold rush, History of Sydney - 20th century, History of Sydney - Historic population

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Shakespeare continued to be considered the greatest English writer of all time throughout the 20th century. Most Western educational systems required the textual study of two or more of Shakespeare's plays, and both amateur and professional stagings of Shakespeare were commonplace. Shakespeare's reputation was so sterling, his preeminence so unchallenged, that it was assumed. It was, indeed, the proliferation of high-quality, well-annotated texts and the unrivalled reputation of Shakespeare that allowed for stagings of Shakespeare's plays to remain textually faithful, but with an extraord ...

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Shakespeare's reputation, Shakespeare's reputation - 17th century, Shakespeare's reputation - 18th century, Shakespeare's reputation - Britain, Shakespeare's reputation - Elsewhere in Europe, Shakespeare's reputation - 19th century, Shakespeare's reputation - Shakespeare in performance, Shakespeare's reputation - Shakespeare in criticism, Shakespeare's reputation - 20th century, Shakespeare's reputation - Film, Shakespeare's reputation - Poetry, Shakespeare's reputation - Critical quotations

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Many countries began to grant women the vote in the early years of the 20th century, especially in the final years of the First World War and the first years after the war. The reasons for this varied, but included a desire to recognise the contributions of women during the war, and were also influenced by rhetoric used by both sides at the time to justify their war efforts. For example, since Wilson's Fourteen Points recognised self determination as a vital component of society, the hypocrisy of denying half the population of modern nations the vote became difficu ...

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History of feminism, History of feminism - Prior to 1850, History of feminism - Late 19th century, History of feminism - 20th century, History of feminism - Recent activities, History of feminism - Historical feminists of note

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English was first permitted in debates in the States of Jersey in 1901 and the first legislation to be drawn up primarily in English was the Income Tax Law of 1928. Emotionally, the 20th century has been dominated by the Occupation of the island by German troops between 1940 and 1945 which saw about 8,000 islanders evacuated, 1,200 islanders deported to camps in Germany and over 300 islanders being sentenced to the prison and concentration camps of mainland Europe (it depended on Neuengamme). 20 died as a result. The islanders endured ...

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History of Jersey, History of Jersey - Prehistory, History of Jersey - Christianity, History of Jersey - Normans, History of Jersey - Self-government from 1204, History of Jersey - Reformation to Restoration, History of Jersey - 18th century, History of Jersey - 19th century, History of Jersey - 20th century, History of Jersey - Reference

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Noted women artists of the twentieth century include Ann Hamilton, Eva Hesse, Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Barbara Kruger, Tamara de Lempicka Georgia O'Keeffe, Lee Bontecou and Zinaida Serebryakova. The twentieth century brought many new opportunities for women in the arts. It also saw an array of new movements. In general modernist art Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the leading modern painters. Although born in the late nineteenth century she entered the twentieth century in her teens. She would ...

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Women artists, Women artists - Issues in constructing a history of women artists, Women artists - Ancient and classical period, Women artists - Medieval era, Women artists - Renaissance era, Women artists - Baroque era, Women artists - 18th century, Women artists - 19th century, Women artists - 20th century, Women artists - Partial bibliography

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Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Exposition of 1907. The Jamestown Exposition of 1907 was one of the many world's fairs and expositions that were popular in the United States early part of the 20th century. Early in the 20th century, as the tercentennial of the 1607 Founding of the Jamestown neared, leaders in Norfolk, Virginia began a campaign to have a celebration held there. The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities had gotten the ball rolling in 1900 by calling for a celebration honoring the establishment of the first permanent English colony in the New World ...

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Jamestown Virginia, Jamestown Virginia - Settlement, Jamestown Virginia - Growth and development, Jamestown Virginia - Later Colonial Era, Jamestown Virginia - 18th century, Jamestown Virginia - 19th century, Jamestown Virginia - 20th century, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Exposition of 1907, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Festival Park, Jamestown Virginia - APVA archaeological campaign, Jamestown Virginia - 21st century

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Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Exposition of 1907. The Jamestown Exposition of 1907 was one of the many world's fairs and expositions that were popular in the United States early part of the 20th century. Early in the 20th century, as the tercentennial of the 1607 Founding of the Jamestown neared, leaders in Norfolk, Virginia began a campaign to have a celebration held there. The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities had gotten the ball rolling in 1900 by calling for a celebration honoring the establishment of the first permanent English colony in the New World ...

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Jamestown Virginia, Jamestown Virginia - Settlement, Jamestown Virginia - Growth and development, Jamestown Virginia - Later Colonial Era, Jamestown Virginia - 18th century, Jamestown Virginia - 19th century, Jamestown Virginia - 20th century, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Exposition of 1907, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Festival Park, Jamestown Virginia - Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown Virginia - APVA archaeological campaign, Jamestown Virginia - 21st century

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Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, in their 1982 book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, speculated that Pontius Pilate was bribed to allow Jesus to be taken down from the cross before he was dead. In 1992, Barbara Thiering explored the theory in depth in her book Jesus and the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Other 20th-century proponents of various "swoon theories" include: Ernest Brougham Docker (1920, in If Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross) Robert Graves & Joshua Podro (1957, in Jesus in ...

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Swoon hypothesis, Swoon hypothesis - 18th and 19th centuries, Swoon hypothesis - 20th century, Swoon hypothesis - Arguments against the swoon hypothesis

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The first half of the 20th century was marked by periods of authoritarianism — including dictatorships from 1908 to 1935 and from 1948 to 1958. The Venezuelan economy shifted after World War I from a primarily agricultural orientation to an economy centered on petroleum production and export. Since the overthrow of Gen. Marcos Pérez Jiménez in 1958 and the military's withdrawal from direct involvement in national politics, Venezuela has enjoyed an unbroken tradition of civilian democratic rule, of which Rómulo Betancourt, preside ...

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History of Venezuela, History of Venezuela - Spanish period, History of Venezuela - 19th century: independence, History of Venezuela - 20th century, History of Venezuela - Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution, History of Venezuela - Opposition, History of Venezuela - External link

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The municipality has been expanding in recent times, and has had a continuous population increase since the 1960's, almost doubling the population. Today it is the third largest municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm, after Stockholm City and Huddinge. – and the 21st in Sweden, allthough it is bound to rise. Nacka became the location of an experiment in psychiatry in the 1970's, initiated by psychiatrist Bengt Bengtsson. It allowed the inhabitants a local access to psychotherapeutic methods for preventive purposes. The role model was the Community Mental Health system developed in the U.S. The system ...

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