History of The World - Modern History

Modern History

Modern history (the "modern period," the "modern era," "modern times") is history of the period following the Middle Ages. "Contemporary history" encompasses historic events that are immediately relevant to the present (such as World War I and World War II). It covers human history from c. 1900 up to the present.

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