| 1904-1905 |
Europe & East Asia |
Russo-Japanese War |
| 1908-1918 |
Mid East |
Young Turk Era |
1910-1920
|
Americas |
Mexican Revolution |
| 1911–1912 |
East Asia |
Chinese Revolution |
1914-1918
|
Europe |
World War I |
1917
|
Europe |
Bolshevik Revolution |
| 1918-1920 |
Europe |
Russian Civil War |
1919
|
Europe |
Treaty of Versailles |
| 1921-1928 |
Europe |
Lenin’s New Economic Policy |
1923
|
Mid East |
Republic of Turkey is established; end of the Ottoman Empire |
1928-1932
|
Europe |
First of Stalin’s Five-Year Plans |
| 1929 |
Americas |
Great Depression begins |
| 1931 |
East Asia |
Japanese invade Manchuria |
| 1933 |
Europe |
Hitler’s rise to power |
| 1935 |
South Asia |
Government of India Act |
| 1937 |
East Asia |
Japanese invasion of China |
| 1939 |
Europe |
German invasion of Poland |
| 1945 |
Europe
|
End of World War II |
| 1947 |
South Asia |
Partition of India |
| 1948 |
Europe |
Marshall Plan |
| 1948 |
Mid East |
Creation of Israel |
| 1948 |
Africa |
Apartheid established in South Africa |
| 1949 |
Europe |
Division of Germany |
| 1949 |
East Asia |
People’s Republic of China
established |
| 1950-1953 |
East Asia
|
Korean War |
| 1958-1961 |
East Asia |
China’s Great Leap Forward |
| 1959 |
Americas |
Cuban Revolution |
| 1962 |
Americas
|
Cuban Missile Crisis |
| 1973 |
Mid East |
Arab-Israeli War |
| 1975 |
East Asia |
Fall of Vietnam |
| 1979 |
Mid East |
Iranian Revolution |
| 1980-1988 |
Mid East |
Iran-Iraq War |
| 1989 |
Europe |
Fall of Berlin Wall |
| 1990-1991 |
Mid East |
Gulf War |
| 1991 |
Europe |
Fall of Soviet Union; end of the Cold War |
| 2003 |
Mid East |
Iraq War |
| 2008-2010 |
Global |
Economic crisis |