contemporary history

subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present, common in English-language historiography
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contemporary history
Yevgeny Khaldei · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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contemporary history

Summary

contemporary history is a historical period[1]. It draws 433 Wikipedia views per month (historical_period category, ranking #107 of 371).[2]

Key Facts

  • contemporary history's image is recorded as Raising a flag over the Reichstag.jpg[3].
  • contemporary history's instance of is recorded as historical period[4].
  • contemporary history's instance of is recorded as era[5].
  • contemporary history's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[6].
  • contemporary history's subclass of is recorded as history[7].
  • contemporary history's part of is recorded as modern period[8].
  • contemporary history's part of is recorded as periodization[9].
  • contemporary history's Commons category is recorded as Contemporary history[10].
  • contemporary history's start time is recorded as +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • contemporary history's start time is recorded as +1900-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • contemporary history's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Contemporary history[13].
  • contemporary history's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'новітня історія'}[14].
  • contemporary history's BBC Things ID is recorded as e3227d20-eaec-48d8-b176-647f12b89e2e[15].
  • contemporary history's different from is recorded as contemporary history[16].
  • contemporary history's different from is recorded as newest history[17].
  • contemporary history's different from is recorded as late modern period[18].
  • contemporary history's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120vhgh7[19].
  • contemporary history's Quora topic ID is recorded as Contemporary-History[20].
  • contemporary history's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 15700-4[21].
  • contemporary history's UNESCO Thesaurus ID is recorded as concept6467[22].
  • contemporary history's EuroVoc ID is recorded as 5662[23].
  • contemporary history's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/15718[24].
  • contemporary history's MobyGames genre ID is recorded as 200[25].
  • contemporary history's Encyclopedie berbere keyword ID is recorded as 167[26].
  • contemporary history's RAWG tag ID is recorded as contemporary[27].

Why It Matters

contemporary history draws 433 Wikipedia views per month (historical_period category, ranking #107 of 371).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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