Early 21st Century


This includes events of the early 20th century, from 2001 to the present. It is so far divided into three periods, the early 2000s, the late 2000s, and the early 2010s.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience History Modern History 20th Century Early 2000s Late 2000s Early 2010s

This includes events of the early 20th century, from 2001 to the present. It is so far divided into three periods, the early 2000s, the late 2000s, and the early 2010s.

Early 2000s

On September 11, 2001, a terrorist attack destroyed the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. These terrorists, identified as based in part in Afghanistan, prompted a US led invasion of that country early the next year. In 2002. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva was elected President of Brazil. In 2003 the US invaded and occupied Iraq, a controversial action based in part on evidence, later discredited, that the military dictator of Iraq was accumulating biological and nuclear weapons. The US continued to fight a determined insurgent movement hostile to both the US and the reconstituted government of Iraq. In 2004, in spite of criticism of his handling of the war in Iraq, George Bush won re-election as US President. Same-sex marriage was made legal in one state of the US. France began to impose restrictions on the wearing of religious symbols and clothing, there was a major terrorist bombing in Spain and a major terrorist incident at a school in Russia. A European constitution was proposed. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died. A major tsunami killed some 200,000 people in nations surrounding the Indian Ocean. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and caused flooding in 80% of the city. A new Constitution was proposed and accepted in Iraq. Pope John Paul II died and was succeeded by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Benedict XVI.

Late 2000s

In 2006, the unpopularity of the continuing war in Iraq led to a change in the majority party in the US Congress, while a new prime minister took charge in Israel. Lula da Silva was reelected president of Brazil. I have not yet compiled details for 2007. In 2008 a global financial crisis began. Barak Obama was elected President of the United States. I have not yet compiled details for 2009. Recent events of 2010 are being analyzed.

Early 2010s

Events of 2011 are current and are being analyzed. 2012 has not yet begun, but preparations to begin analyzing it may begin.


Other History Prehistory Early prehistory including the Pliocene, early Pleistocene, early mid Pleistocene, late mid Pleistocene, and late Pleistocene might be connected. Middle prehistory including the 5th decamillennium BP, 4th decamillennium BP, 3rd decamillennium BP, and 2nd decamillennium BP can be connected. Late prehistory including the early 8th millennium BC, late 8th millennium BC, early 7th millennium BC, late 7th millennium BC, early 6th millennium BC, and late 6th millennium BC might be connected.	Links to other sites: Not yet available
Antiquity The 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, early mid 5th millennium BC, mid 5th millennium BC, late mid 5th millennium BC, and late 5th millennium BC can be connected. The 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, early mid 4th millenium BC, mid 4th millennium BC, late mid 4th millennium BC, and late 4th millennium BC can be connected. The 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, early mid 3rd millennium BC, mid 3rd millennium BC, late mid 3rd millennium BC, and late 3rd millennium BC can be connected. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, mid 2nd millennium BC, late mid 2nd millennium BC, and late 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, 8th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected. Classical and medieval history Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century might be connected. Late medieval times including the 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, and 14th century can be connected. Modern history The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected. The 18th century including the early 18th century and early mid 18th century can be connected. The early mid 18th century including the early 1720s, late 1720s, early 1730s, and late 1730s can be connected. The mid 18th century including the early 1740s, late 1740s, early 1750s, and late 1750s can be connected. The late mid 18th century including the early 1760s, late 1760s, early 1770s, and late 1770s can be connected. The late 18th century including the early 1780s, late 1780s, early 1790s, and late 1790s can be connected. 19th century The early 19th century including the early 1800s, late 1800s, early 1810s, and late 1810s can be connected. The early mid 19th century including the early 1820s, late 1820s, early 1830s, and late 1830s can be connected. The mid 19th century including the early 1840s, late 1840s, early 1840s, and late 1840s can be connected. The late mid 19th century including the early 1860s, late 1860s, early 1870s, and late 1870s can be connected. The late 19th century including the early 1880s, late 1880s, early 1890s, and late 1890s can be connected. Other 20th century The early 21st century is so far being treated as part of the 20th century. The early 20th century including the early 1900s, late 1900s, early 1910s, and late 1910s can be connected. The early mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. The late mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected. It follows the late 20th century directly. The early 1980s, late 1980s, and early 1990s can be connected. The late 1990s including 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 can be connected. Future The near future including next month (June 2011 and July 2011) next quarter including February 2010 and March 2010, and next year, the middle future including the next 5 years, next 20 years, next century, and next 5 centuries can be connected. The far future can be examined. Sociology As with history in general, modern history, and the 20th century, the examination of peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change gives weight and substance to early 21st century history. Institutions As with history in general, modern history, and the 20th century, religion, government, economics, education, and families can be used to examine the early 2000s, late 2000s, and early 2010s. Culture The early 2000s, late 2000s, and early 2010s can be examined using behavioral culture, conceptual culture, and material culture. Anthropology Anthropology can be applied to the early 2000s, the late 2000s, and early 2010s. Particular groups al-Quaeda American Academy of Arts and Sciences Royal Society World History Association Victorian Society Human geography Asian geography is very useful. Southwest Asian geography including the Near East, Arabia, Asia Minor, the Transcaucasus, and the Iranian highlands can be connected. South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, and North Asian geography can also be connected. European geography including Balkan geography, Italian geography, Iberian Geography, Northwest European geography, Island Euriope, Central European geography, Eastern European geography, and Scandinavian geography can be considered. African Geography including North African geography, East African geography, West African geography, North Central African geography, South Central African geography, and Southern African geography can be connected. North American geography including Northern North America, Middle North American, and Southern North America can be considered. South American geography and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology human effects on the environment, other life forms, and environmental effects on people can be examined to some extent. Physical anthropology Human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected Demography population change, population size and structure, morbidity and mortality, migration, and fertility and birth will be important. Social foundations Social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation is important. Personal studies Biography, psychology, and the human body can be used to examine the early 2000s and the late 2000s. Biography is somewhat useful. Blair, Tony Bush, George H. W. Bush, George W. Carter, Jimmy Chiraq, Jaques Clinton, Bill Ford, Gerald R. Gorbachev, Mikhail Hu Jintao Kohl, Helmut Major, John Putin, Vladimir Reagan, Ronald Schroeder, Gerhard Thatcher, Margaret Vajpayee, Atal Bihari Psychology Social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can possibly be connected. The human body Form and appearance, disease, the life cycle with gestation, infancy, childhood, adulthood, senescence, and death can be connected. Body functions including control functions, reproductive functions, vital functions, and mobility may be useful. Body systems including control, reproductive, vital, and structural systes may also be useful. Science Biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be used to examine the early 2000s and the late 2000s. Biology Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic biology can be connected a little. Cenozoic biohistory is focused on the Holocene Epoch. Ecology including biogeography, ecosystems, evolution, system ecology, community ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology can be connected somewhat. Systematics including animals, fungi, plants, protists, and microbes can be considered. Organism biology including behavior, life cycle, form, organ systems, tissues, and habitat can be considered. Cell biology including cell behavior, cell types, and cell anatomy can be considered. Molecular biology including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, small organics, and inorganics may have various connections. Earth science Geohistory includes Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic events. Cenozoic events include those of the Holocene epoch. Physical geography including mapping, terrestrial geography, and oceanic geography can be considered. Atmospheric science including climatology, meteorology, and atmospheric structure can possibly be examined. Hydrospheric science including oceans, glaciers, groundwater, and freshwater can be considered. Geology including interior geology, geologic processes, landforms, petrology, and mineralogy can be considered. Astronomy Cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar stronomy including astrocartography, stellar clusters, stars, and the interstellar medium, and solar system astronomy including solar system history, the sun, planetary systems, minor bodies, and the interplanetary medium can possibly be connected. Chemistry Chemical systems including organic systems, inorganic systems, gaseous, liquid, and solid systems can be connected. Chemical changes including nuclear reactions, chemical reactions, and physical changes can be connected. Chemical substances including compounds, mixtures, and elements can be connected. Physics Physics may have some application to the early 21st century. The structure of matter including exotic matter, common matter, molecular physics, atomic physics, and subatomic physics can be connected. Quantum physics can be connected. Relativity theory including general relativity and special relativity can be connected. Electromagnetism including optics, magnetism, electric current, and electrostatics can be connected. Thermodynamics including nonclassical thermodyanmics, classical thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics can be connected. Mechanics including gravitation, nonrigid mechanics, rigid body mechanics, and particle mechanics can be connected.

Other History

Prehistory

Early prehistory including the Pliocene, early Pleistocene, early mid Pleistocene, late mid Pleistocene, and late Pleistocene might be connected. Middle prehistory including the 5th decamillennium BP, 4th decamillennium BP, 3rd decamillennium BP, and 2nd decamillennium BP can be connected. Late prehistory including the early 8th millennium BC, late 8th millennium BC, early 7th millennium BC, late 7th millennium BC, early 6th millennium BC, and late 6th millennium BC might be connected.

Links to other sites: Not yet available

Antiquity

The 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, early mid 5th millennium BC, mid 5th millennium BC, late mid 5th millennium BC, and late 5th millennium BC can be connected. The 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, early mid 4th millenium BC, mid 4th millennium BC, late mid 4th millennium BC, and late 4th millennium BC can be connected. The 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, early mid 3rd millennium BC, mid 3rd millennium BC, late mid 3rd millennium BC, and late 3rd millennium BC can be connected. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, mid 2nd millennium BC, late mid 2nd millennium BC, and late 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennium BC including the 10th century BC, 8th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected.

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century might be connected. Late medieval times including the 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, and 14th century can be connected.

Modern history

The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected.

The 18th century including the early 18th century and early mid 18th century can be connected. The early mid 18th century including the early 1720s, late 1720s, early 1730s, and late 1730s can be connected. The mid 18th century including the early 1740s, late 1740s, early 1750s, and late 1750s can be connected. The late mid 18th century including the early 1760s, late 1760s, early 1770s, and late 1770s can be connected. The late 18th century including the early 1780s, late 1780s, early 1790s, and late 1790s can be connected.

19th century

The early 19th century including the early 1800s, late 1800s, early 1810s, and late 1810s can be connected. The early mid 19th century including the early 1820s, late 1820s, early 1830s, and late 1830s can be connected. The mid 19th century including the early 1840s, late 1840s, early 1840s, and late 1840s can be connected. The late mid 19th century including the early 1860s, late 1860s, early 1870s, and late 1870s can be connected. The late 19th century including the early 1880s, late 1880s, early 1890s, and late 1890s can be connected.

Other 20th century

The early 21st century is so far being treated as part of the 20th century. The early 20th century including the early 1900s, late 1900s, early 1910s, and late 1910s can be connected. The early mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. The late mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be connected. It follows the late 20th century directly. The early 1980s, late 1980s, and early 1990s can be connected. The late 1990s including 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 can be connected.

Future

The near future including next month (June 2011 and July 2011) next quarter including February 2010 and March 2010, and next year, the middle future including the next 5 years, next 20 years, next century, and next 5 centuries can be connected. The far future can be examined.

Sociology

As with history in general, modern history, and the 20th century, the examination of peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change gives weight and substance to early 21st century history.

Institutions

As with history in general, modern history, and the 20th century, religion, government, economics, education, and families can be used to examine the early 2000s, late 2000s, and early 2010s.

Culture

The early 2000s, late 2000s, and early 2010s can be examined using behavioral culture, conceptual culture, and material culture.

Anthropology

Anthropology can be applied to the early 2000s, the late 2000s, and early 2010s.

Particular groups

Human geography

Asian geography is very useful. Southwest Asian geography including the Near East, Arabia, Asia Minor, the Transcaucasus, and the Iranian highlands can be connected. South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, and North Asian geography can also be connected. European geography including Balkan geography, Italian geography, Iberian Geography, Northwest European geography, Island Euriope, Central European geography, Eastern European geography, and Scandinavian geography can be considered. African Geography including North African geography, East African geography, West African geography, North Central African geography, South Central African geography, and Southern African geography can be connected. North American geography including Northern North America, Middle North American, and Southern North America can be considered. South American geography and Oceanic geography can be connected.

Human ecology

human effects on the environment, other life forms, and environmental effects on people can be examined to some extent.

Physical anthropology

Human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected

Demography

population change, population size and structure, morbidity and mortality, migration, and fertility and birth will be important.

Social foundations

Social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation is important.

Personal studies

Biography, psychology, and the human body can be used to examine the early 2000s and the late 2000s.

Biography is somewhat useful.

Psychology

Social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can possibly be connected.

The human body

Form and appearance, disease, the life cycle with gestation, infancy, childhood, adulthood, senescence, and death can be connected. Body functions including control functions, reproductive functions, vital functions, and mobility may be useful. Body systems including control, reproductive, vital, and structural systes may also be useful.

Science

Biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be used to examine the early 2000s and the late 2000s.

Biology

Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic biology can be connected a little. Cenozoic biohistory is focused on the Holocene Epoch. Ecology including biogeography, ecosystems, evolution, system ecology, community ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology can be connected somewhat. Systematics including animals, fungi, plants, protists, and microbes can be considered. Organism biology including behavior, life cycle, form, organ systems, tissues, and habitat can be considered. Cell biology including cell behavior, cell types, and cell anatomy can be considered. Molecular biology including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, small organics, and inorganics may have various connections.

Earth science

Geohistory includes Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic events. Cenozoic events include those of the Holocene epoch. Physical geography including mapping, terrestrial geography, and oceanic geography can be considered. Atmospheric science including climatology, meteorology, and atmospheric structure can possibly be examined. Hydrospheric science including oceans, glaciers, groundwater, and freshwater can be considered. Geology including interior geology, geologic processes, landforms, petrology, and mineralogy can be considered.

Astronomy

Cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar stronomy including astrocartography, stellar clusters, stars, and the interstellar medium, and solar system astronomy including solar system history, the sun, planetary systems, minor bodies, and the interplanetary medium can possibly be connected.

Chemistry

Chemical systems including organic systems, inorganic systems, gaseous, liquid, and solid systems can be connected. Chemical changes including nuclear reactions, chemical reactions, and physical changes can be connected. Chemical substances including compounds, mixtures, and elements can be connected.

Physics

Physics may have some application to the early 21st century. The structure of matter including exotic matter, common matter, molecular physics, atomic physics, and subatomic physics can be connected. Quantum physics can be connected. Relativity theory including general relativity and special relativity can be connected. Electromagnetism including optics, magnetism, electric current, and electrostatics can be connected. Thermodynamics including nonclassical thermodyanmics, classical thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics can be connected. Mechanics including gravitation, nonrigid mechanics, rigid body mechanics, and particle mechanics can be connected.