Home›The Contemporary World›LocationBrowse ByLocationThis dimension names the place where a historical event actually occurred. Wikipedia notes that some branches of history "concentrate on particular geographic regions, such as the history of Africa," reflecting how tightly a specific event is tied to its own location. Browsing this way collects every event that took place in the same location.FactsLocationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested1945 CE 1LocationFilter Results17 entriesEvent TypeAllEconomic Event (5)Military Conflict (13)Natural Disaster (1)Political Event (4)Scientific or Technological Event (2)Group TreeAllEvents of the Early Cold War and Decolonization, 1945 to 1969 (8)Events of the Late Cold War and After, 1970 to 1999 (10)Events of the Twenty-First Century, 2000 Onward (4)EraAllThe African Independence Era (2)The Cold War (7)The Contemporary Period (16)Event Era (Year)All1947 (3)1950 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1954 (3)1956 (1)1959 (1)1960 (1)1962 (1)1966 (1)1967 (2)1968 (1)1973 (1)1975 (2)1976 (1)1979 (2)1980 (3)1982 (4)1986 (1)1987 (3)1989 (1)1994 (1)1997 (3)1999 (1)2000 (1)2001 (1)2008 (1)2011 (2)ParticipantsAllAugusto Pinochet (1)Charles de Gaulle (2)Chun Doo-hwan (1)Fidel Castro (1)Gamal Abdel Nasser (2)Hector Pieterson (1)Ho Chi Minh (1)Jawaharlal Nehru (3)Jose Lopez Portillo (3)Kim Dae-jung (1)Mahatma Gandhi (3)Mao Zedong (2)Mikhail Gorbachev (1)Patrice Lumumba (1)Paul Kagame (1)Ruhollah Khomeini (1)Salvador Allende (1)Participating StatesAllEgypt (2)France (1)Israel (2)Jordan (1)Russia (1)Soviet Union (1)Syria (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)Admission YearAll1921 (1)Area (sq km)All525 (1)786.8 (1)50,270 (1)110,860 (1)223,915 (1)239,021 (1)455,503 (1)458,354.5 (1)1,648,195 (1)4,545,792 (1)10,186,000 (1)11,840,000 (1)17,840,000 (1)20,111,457 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Climate ZoneAllContinental (1)Country CountAll12 (1)23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Elevation BandAllMountain (1)Founding YearAll637 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (1)One-Party (1)Republic (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Low (1)Upper-Middle (2)Independence or Founding YearAll1902 (1)1971 (1)1979 (1)1990 (1)LandlockedAllNo (4)PopulationAll464,736 (1)1,588,670 (1)3,232,224 (1)9,434,593 (1)32,684,503 (1)77,620,000 (1)92,417,681 (1)190,000,000 (1)273,610,384 (1)434,254,119 (1)592,296,233 (1)656,098,097 (1)675,800,000 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,600,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Time ZoneAllUTC+08:00 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17AfricaLocation8 entriesAsiaLocation12 entriesBahrainLocation1 entryBengalLocation1 entryCubaLocation2 entriesDagestanLocation1 entryEast AsiaLocation1 entryEuropeLocation5 entriesIranLocation2 entriesThe Korean PeninsulaLocation1 entryLatin AmericaLocation1 entryLhasaLocation1 entryNorth AmericaLocation6 entriesPunjabLocation1 entrySouth AmericaLocation2 entriesSoutheast AsiaLocation1 entryYemenLocation1 entrySources1. 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.