| 1904–1905 |
East Asia |
Russo-Japanese War |
1910–1920
|
Americas |
Mexican Revolution |
| 1911–1912 |
East Asia |
Chinese Revolution |
1914–1918
|
Europe, North America, Africa, & Asia
|
World War I |
1917
|
Asia |
Bolshevik Revolution |
| 1918–1920 |
Asia |
Russian Civil War |
1919
|
Europe |
Treaty of Versailles |
| 1921–1928 |
Asia |
Lenin’s New Economic Policy |
| 1922 |
Europe |
King of Italy deposed; fascist government established by Mussolini |
1923
|
Mid East |
Republic of Turkey is established; end of the Ottoman Empire |
1928–1932
|
Asia |
First of Stalin’s Five-Year Plans |
| 1929 |
Global |
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 |
Beginning of Second Sino-Japanese War |
| 1939 |
Europe |
German invasion of Poland |
| 1945 |
Europe & East Asia
|
End of World War II |
| 1947 |
South Asia |
Partition of India |
| 1948 |
Europe |
Marshall Plan |
| 1948 |
Mid East |
Creation of Israel |
| 1948 |
South Africa |
Apartheid established in South Africa |
| 1949 |
Europe & North America |
NATO founded |
| 1949 |
Europe |
Division of Germany |
| 1949 |
East Asia |
People’s Republic of China
established |
| 1950–1953 |
East Asia
|
Korean War |
| 1955 |
Europe |
Warsaw Pact signed |
| 1956 |
Americas, Africa, & Asia |
Non-Aligned Movement founded |
| 1958–1961 |
East Asia |
China’s Great Leap Forward |
| 1959 |
Caribbean |
Cuban Revolution |
| 1962 |
North America & Caribbean
|
Cuban Missile Crisis |
| 1966–1976 |
East Asia |
China’s Cultural Revolution |
| 1973 |
Mid East |
Arab-Israeli War |
| 1975 |
East Asia |
End of Vietnam War |
| 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 & Asia |
Fall of Soviet Union; end of the Cold War |
| 2001 |
North America |
9/11 Attacks by al-Qaeda |
| 2003–2011 |
Mid East |
Iraq War |
| 2008–2010 |
Global |
Economic crisis |
| 2010–2012 |
Mid East and North Africa |
Arab Spring |