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The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").
When. 1922. Geographically, the British Empire was the largest in history. In 1922, it covered over 34 million km2 (13 million mi2), which is approximately a quarter of the world’s total landmass. With territories on every continent except Antarctica, the empire spanned the globe from east to west, giving credence to the saying, “The Sun ...
The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999. [14] [15] [16] It reached the 2 billion mark in 1927, the 3 billion mark in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, and 5 billion in 1987. [17]
- 2.32 (2021)
- Over 8,000,000,000 (estimated)
World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook is designed to cover world history from 1500 to the present in 15 chapters. The OER-supported textbook can be downloaded as a pdf or viewed online.
May 1 – Scofield Mine disaster: An explosion of blasting powder in a coal mine in Scofield, Utah, United States, kills 200 people. May 14 – The second Olympic Games, Paris 1900, open (as part of the Paris World Exhibition ). May 17. Second Boer War: The British Army relieves the Siege of Mafeking.
But how does it all fit together? World history ties all this information together by asking certain kinds of historical and thematic questions. In a world history course you look at big patterns, similarities, differences, continuities, changes, and broad movements.
Beginning in 1900, several momentous archaeological expeditions returned libraries of new data and priceless artifacts to museums, universities, and collectors around the world. In 1900 Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) began 31 years of systematic excavations of Knossos, the Great Palace of Minos on Crete, originally discovered in 1878.
