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c. 2100–1900 BC: The beginning of the Middle Minoan civilization in Crete. [7] Bronze metallurgy and the potter's wheel are introduced, [8] as are Cretan hieroglyphs. [9] c. 2100–1800 BC – The Sintashta culture emerges in the northern Eurasian Steppe. [10] c. 2070 BC – Yu the Great establishes the Xia dynasty in China.
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2017–2018 Russian protests; 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis; Unite the Right rally; 2017–2018 Honduran protests; 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka; 2018–2019 Nicaraguan protests; 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests; Yellow vests movement; Serbian protests (2018–present) Sudanese Revolution; 2018 Armenian revolution; 2018 ...
2017. January 20: Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States. January 21: Millions of people participate in the Women's March in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump. February 13: Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-Un, is assassinated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 39 people and injuring 79 others.January 8 – 2017 Jerusalem truck attackPalestinian assailant entered the road where the Israeli defense forces were located with a truck, killing 4 people and injuring 15 others.January 16 – Turkish Airlines Flight 6491, a cargo flight en route from Hong Kong to Istanbul via Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, crashes in a residential area while attempting to land at Manas International...January 19 – 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches a military intervention in the Gambia after Yahya Jammeh refuses to cede power...February 11 – North Korea prompts international condemnation by test firing a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.February 13 – Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is killed afte...February 26 – An annular solar eclipse is visible from Pacific, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic, Africa. It is the 29th eclipse of the 140th saros cycle (descending node), which started with a partial s...March 3 – Nintendo releases the Switchworldwide.March 10 – The UN warns that the world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, with up to 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and...March 14 – March 2017 North American blizzard: A major late-season blizzard affects the Northeastern United States, New England and Canada, dumping up to three feet of snow in the hardest hit areas.March 29 – The United Kingdom triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, starting the Brexit negotiations, the talks for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.April 7 – In response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an...April 13 – In the 2017 Nangarhar airstrike, the U.S. drops the GBU-43/B MOAB, the world's largest non-nuclear weapon, at an ISIL base in the Nangarhar Provinceof eastern Afghanistan.April 27 – The 2017 storming of the Macedonian Parliamentoccurred.May 9–13 – The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is won by Portuguese entrant Salvador Sobral with the song "Amar Pelos Dois".May 12 – WannaCry ransomware attack: Computers around the world are hit by a large-scale ransomwarecyberattack, which goes on to affect at least 150 countries.May 22 – An ISIL terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, kills 22 people and injures more than 500 others.June 1 – Amidst widespread criticism, the U.S. government announces its decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreementin due time.June 7 – Two terrorist attacks are simultaneously carried out by five Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Kh...July 10 – Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.August 12 – The Unite the Right rally is held in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, by a variety of white nationalist and other far-right groups; Heather Heyer, a counter-protester, is kille...August 18 – The first terrorist attackever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two people and injures eight others. Islamic terrorist Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan man carried out the ISIS-ins...September 1 – Russian President Vladimir Putin expels 755 diplomats in response to United States sanctions.September 3 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.September 13 – The International Olympic Committee awards Paris and Los Angeles the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.September 15 – Cassini–Huygens ends its 13-year mission by plunging into Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.October 1 – 60 people are killed and 867 more injured when Stephen Paddock opens fire on a crowd in Las Vegas, surpassing the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting as the deadliest mass shootingperpetrat...October 12 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO, and is immediately followed by Israel.October 14 – A massive blast caused by a truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somaliakills at least 587 people and injures 316 others.October 17 – Syrian Civil War: Raqqa is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.July 1743 heatwave in China - Beijing reached 44.4 °C (111.9 °F) on July 25, higher than any modern records. 11,400 people reportedly died. [1] July 1757 heatwave – Europe, hottest summer in Europe since 1540 and until 2003. [2] [3] [4] 1896 Eastern North America heat wave – killed 1,500 people in August 1896.
Dec 6, 2018 · Home. Topics. 21st Century. 2018 Events. The year 2018 was marked by milestones in the #MeToo movement, a contentious Supreme Court hearing, battles over immigration and a groundbreaking...
Beginning. Events. Significant persons. Legendary people. Inventions, discoveries, introductions. 21st century BC. The 21st century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC. Events. Ur-Nammu (seated) gives governorship to Ḫašḫamer. c. 2100 BC – c. 2050 BC: Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) was built.
