Home›The Contemporary World›EraBrowse ByEraThis dimension groups historical events by the broader era in which they occurred. Wikipedia notes that history includes branches focused "on specific time periods, such as ancient history," while others concentrate on particular regions. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare events from the same broad period of history.FactsEraSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested1945 CE 1EraFilter Results3 entriesEvent TypeAllEconomic Event (2)Military Conflict (3)Natural Disaster (1)Political Event (1)Scientific or Technological Event (1)Group TreeAllEvents of the Early Cold War and Decolonization, 1945 to 1969 (3)Events of the Late Cold War and After, 1970 to 1999 (2)Events of the Twenty-First Century, 2000 Onward (1)LocationAllAfrica (3)Asia (2)Bahrain (1)Bengal (1)Cuba (1)Dagestan (1)East Asia (1)Europe (3)Iran (2)Latin America (1)Lhasa (1)North America (2)Punjab (1)South America (2)Southeast Asia (1)The Korean Peninsula (1)Yemen (1)Event Era (Year)All1947 (1)1950 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1954 (2)1956 (1)1959 (1)1960 (1)1962 (1)1966 (1)1967 (2)1968 (1)1973 (1)1975 (1)1976 (1)1979 (2)1980 (2)1982 (2)1986 (1)1987 (1)1989 (2)1994 (1)1997 (1)1999 (1)2000 (1)2001 (1)2008 (1)2011 (1)ParticipantsAllAugusto Pinochet (1)Charles de Gaulle (1)Chun Doo-hwan (1)Fidel Castro (1)Gamal Abdel Nasser (1)Hector Pieterson (1)Ho Chi Minh (1)Jawaharlal Nehru (1)Jose Lopez Portillo (1)Kim Dae-jung (1)Mahatma Gandhi (1)Mao Zedong (1)Mikhail Gorbachev (1)Patrice Lumumba (1)Paul Kagame (1)Ruhollah Khomeini (2)Salvador Allende (1)Participating StatesAllEgypt (1)France (1)Israel (1)Jordan (1)Russia (1)Soviet Union (1)Syria (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)End YearAll1976 (1)1991 (1)Start YearAll1945 (1)1947 (1)1951 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareThe African Independence EraEra3 entriesThe Cold WarEra10 entriesThe Contemporary PeriodEra26 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Contemporary historytier 2WikipediaContemporary history, lead section, span sentenceQuote, Contemporary history, lead section, span sentenceContemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.