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1 day ago · Does history really repeat itself, or can we learn from the mistakes of those who came before us? History provides a chronological, statistical, and cultural record of the events, people, and movements that have made an impact on humankind and the world at large throughout the ages.
- Prehistoric Age
The prehistoric age covers the millions of years that took...
- United States History
Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial...
- Wars, Battles & Armed Conflicts
Home World History Wars, Battles & Armed Conflicts Wars,...
- Historians
Home World History Historians Historians. This general...
- Global Exploration
Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer widely held to have been...
- Prehistoric Age
1 day ago · The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era, after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. There are microbial mat fossils such as stromatolites found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia.
1 day ago · Conflict between nomadic herders and sedentary agriculturalists was frequent and became a recurring theme in world history. Neolithic societies usually worshiped ancestors, sacred places, or anthropomorphic deities. The vast complex of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, dated 9500–8000 BCE, is an example of a Neolithic religious or civic site.
1 day ago · September 3, 1939 - September 2, 1945. Participants: Australia. Axis powers. Czechoslovakia. Free French. Iraq. Poland. United Kingdom. United States. Yugoslavia. Allied powers. (Show more) Major Events: Battle of Crete. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Battle of Saipan.
- World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on S...
- The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, an...
- The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Rooseve...
- The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-lin...
- The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of...
- Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II have ranged from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a significant span, because statistics...
6 days ago · World War I, international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the Middle East, and other regions. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties and, in its destabilization of European society, laid the groundwork for World War II.
2 days ago · Timeline. c. 6000 BCE - 2900 BCE. Neolithic Age settlements in Greece, beginning of agriculture . c. 3200 BCE - 1100 BCE. The Cycladic Civilization in Greece . 2300 BCE. Bronze is used in the Aegean . 2200 BCE - 1500 BCE. The Minoan Civilization flourishes on Crete, Greece. King Minos establishes the first navy in the region. 2000 BCE - 1450 BCE.
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May 25, 2024 · Updated on May 25, 2024. World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted about six years. Officially beginning on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, World War II lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese surrendered to the Allies in 1945.
