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Global AIDS Epidemic:
1981 - Present

Overlapping fields
of health and human rights |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present New York City:
 Twin Towers World Trade Center 9/11 |
Terrorists Attacked
New York City and the Pentagon:
9/11/01 AD
Shanksville:

Shanksville, PA crash site |
Terrorists Attacked New
York City and the Pentagon:
9/11/01 AD
Washington DC:

Pentagon on
9/11 |
China and India (Chindia)
Emerging Economic Powers:
Early 1990s - Present
Delhi:

India's
Economy in New Delhi |
China and India (Chindia)
Emerging Economic Powers:
Early 1990s - Present Beijing:

Deputy
Director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, Xu Yi Fan Introduced the
Significance of the Independent Innovation Strategy in Beijing |
Communism Assumed Power in China
1949 AD Peking:

10th Anniversary of the
Communist Revolution October 1959 |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Madrid:
 Terrorist attack Madrid March 11, 2004 |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
Belmopan:
 In 1981 Belize gained its independence from Britain George Price, leader of
People's United Party became prime minister at independence |
Communism Assumed Power in China
1949 AD Juichin:

Long March
from Juichin to Yen'an |
Communism Assumed Power in China
1949 AD Shanghai:

Refugees from
the countryside pour into Shanghai seeking food, shelter, and jobs
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Communism Collapsed in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
1989 - 1991 AD Prague:
 The collapse of communism has left gypsies vulnerable |
Communism Collapsed in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
1989 - 1991 AD Sofia:
 Bulgaria was a satelite of the Soviets for half a century. It became a NATO
member in March 2004 |
Communism Collapsed in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
1989 - 1991 AD Budapest:
 Hungary transformed from a centrally planned economy to market driven striving
towards establishing a parliamentary democracy |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
New Delhi:
 Mahatma Gandhi meeting with Lord Mountain just before India was declared
independent |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
Karachi:
 In 1947 trains filled with Hindus headed toward India and Muslims headed to
Pakistan |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Managua:
 Contra War in Nicaragua was a series of rebellions against the Sandinista
government by Contra forces often backed by the US who perceived the sandinista
government too leftist |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Kabul:
 A Soviet soldier on guard in Afghanistan in 1989
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Communism Collapsed in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
1989 - 1991 AD Berlin:
 Since the collapse of communism Berlin has a booming economy and has become the
capital of a united Germany
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Communism Collapsed in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
1989 - 1991 AD Gdanski:
 Lech Walesa founded the solidarity trade union during a strike at the Lenin
shipyard which eventually led to the fall of communism in Poland |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Saigon:
 North Vietnamese soldiers enter Saigon April 30, 1975 |
Communism Collapsed in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
1989 - 1991 AD Moscow:
 Borbachev
believed satellites was a drain on Soviet economy, began an Eastern block for own
reinforcement |
Communism Assumed Power in China
1949 AD Yen'an:

Yenan 1938 |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Luanda:
 Africa's longest running conflicts with factions that had links to the Soviet
Union, the US and the People's Republic of China |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Havana:
 Nikita Khrushchev and John Kennedy confrontation in the Cuban Missile Crisis |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Budapest:
 Hungarian Revolt against Soviet Union 1956 |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Panmunjom:
 Demilitarized zone is a strip of land along the 38th parallel, which was one of
the tensests fronts and home of the Joint Security Army |
Cold War Era 1945 - 1991 AD
Berlin:
 Berlin Airlift June 27 1948 to May 12 1949 Soviets blocked railroads and street
access to West Berlin |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Jerusalem:
 HAMAS suicide bombing in Jerusalem February 25, 1996 |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Casablanca:
 Five simultaneous rockets attacked Casablanca May 16, 2003 |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Jakarta:
 Terrorists attack Jakarta September 9, 2004 |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present London:
 London protest |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Nairobi:
 1998 Kenyan terrorist bomb blast
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Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
New Delhi:
 Street fighting during long struggle for Algerian independence |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
Jerusalem:
 David Ben Gurion declaring Israel's independence May 14, 1948 |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
Jakarta:
 President Sukarno led Indonesia to independence from the Dutch after World War
II, August 17, 1945 |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
Nairobi:
 1953 Jomo Kenyatta was jailed for Mau Mau uprising |
Nation Building and Decolonization 1947 - 1965 AD
Harare:
 Ian Smith's Rhodesian front reached a settlement to allow a power sharing
government with Robert Mugabe
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Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Riyadh:
 Terrorist attack on an affluent Riyadh residential neighborhood on November 9,
2003 |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Baghdad:
 Coffins of victims of terrorist attacks |
Rise of Global Terrorism
1979 AD - Present Beirut:
 American embassy bombing April 18, 1989 |
Terrorists Attacked
New York City and the Pentagon:
9/11/01 AD
 Twin Towers World Trade Center 9/11 |