This dimension sorts historical events by their basic type, a battle, a treaty or a natural disaster. Wikipedia notes that history includes thematic categorizations such as "political history, military history, social history, and economic history," each covering its own kind of event. Browsing by event type keeps events of the same kind grouped together.
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1. Wikipedia: Contemporary history
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Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present.
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