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1945 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Contemporary history
WikipediaContemporary history, lead section, span sentence
Quote, Contemporary history, lead section, span sentence
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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