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Mexican revolution
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Collapse of Qing dynasty in china
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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
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World War 1
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US joins World War 1
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Russian Revolution of 1917
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Treaty of Versailles
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League of Nations established
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Kemal Ataturk, secular modernization of Turkey
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Great Depression
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Stalin Power in Soviet Union
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New Deal in US
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Italy, German, Japan form axis alliance
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World War II
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Hitler invades Poland (start of WW2)
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The Holocaust
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Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
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Germany invaded Russia
Broke non-aggression pact -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Official German surrender (end of ww2)
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Bretton Woods System established
World Bank, IMF -
Winston "iron curtain" speech
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Marshall Plan Announced
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India independence from Britain is gained
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Cold War
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Mao Zedong takes control of China
Communist control established -
Nato established
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CCP comes to power
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Korean War
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Vietnam/Indochina independence from France
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Algerian independence from French
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Warsaw Pact
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Vietnam War
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Ghana gains independence from Britain
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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Aswam Dam was built in Egypt
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Afghanistan War
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Deng Xiaoping Reforms in China
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Iranian Revolution
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Gorbachev's Reforms in Russia
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Collapse of Eastern European Communism
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USSR official Dismantled
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End of Apartheid in South Africa
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WTO established