Early 2000s


The early 2000s are still too recent for significant historical perspective. For now, current events are and will be included in this section. Events here are given year by year, and only a few are included.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience History Modern History 20th Century Early 21st Century Year 2001 Year 2002 Year 2003 Year 2004 Year 2005

The early 2000s are still too recent for significant historical perspective. For now, current events are and will be included in this section. Events here are given year by year, and only a few are included.

2001

Following a terrorist attack in the US sponsored by a militant group called al-Qaeda, the US invaded Afghanistan.

2002

The United States reorganized its Department of Homeland Security. Hu Jintao became General Secretary of the Communist Party.

2003

In the 2nd quarter, the filling of the reservoir behind the controversial Three Gorges dam in China began. US forces occupied Baghdad. The US Supreme court ruled that sodomy laws were unconstitutional. In the 3rd quarter, a European Constitution was proposed. In the 4th quarter, China launched its first manned space misson, the Massachussets Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting same sex marriage were unconstitutional, and Saddam Hussein was captured.

2004

In the 1st quarter, notable events included the French National Assembly banning the wearing of religious symbols or clothing in schools, terrorist bombings in Madrid, Spain. In the 2nd quarter, Same-sex marriage was legalized in Massachussets in the US, the European Union added ten members, the US transferred power to an intering government in Iraq, and the Congress party won an unexpected victory in India. In the 3rd quarter, John Kerry was nominated as Democratic candidate for US Preseident, in opposition to incumbent George Bush. Mexico and Japan signed a free trade agreement. Chechen terrorists took hostages at a school in a town named Beslan, which was stormed by Russian security forces, killing most of the terrorists and many hostages. In the 4th quarter, George Bush was reelected President of the United States, European leaders sign the Treaty of Rome, proposing a European Constitution and Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian authority died. A massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia caused a tsunami that killed over 200,000 people in nations surrounding the Indian Ocean.

2005

In the 1st quarter, US President George Bush began his second term of office, Iraq held elections for a new provisional Parliament, and Mahmoud Abbas was elected President of the Palestinian authority. In the 2nd quarter, Pope John Paul II died and was succeeded by Pope Benedict XVI. French and Dutch voters rejected the proposed European Constitution. In the 3rd quarter, bombings in London by an Islamic-terrorist-related group took place. The IRA called an end to its armed campaign in Northern Ireland; Huricane Katrina hit the southern US, and a new Chief Justice of the US Supreme court was sworn in. In the 4th quarter, there was civil unrest in France. Parliamentary elections for a new parliament in Iraq were held, and a new President was elected in Poland. Terrorist bombings in Bali, Indonesia gained world attention.


Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may possibly be connected. Connections of personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biographies will be included as the site develops. Gorbachev Bush, George W.	Links to other sites: Wikipedia - 2000s 2000 - 2006 World History InfoPlease.com 21st Century (Timelines) Media History Timelines 2000s
Anthropology Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, group types, and group behavior can be connected. Demography including births, deaths, migration, population size and structure, and population change can be considered. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be connected. Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, relations with other life, and effects of people on the environment can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American Geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography will be valuable. Particular groups may be important. Culture Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be useful. Conceptual culture including language, graphics, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy will also be useful. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, performing arts, sports and games, will also be useful. Cultural events including miscellaneous events, holidays, gatherings, and distasters will also be useful. Institutions Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families are significant. Education including teaching, research, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools will be important. Economics including industries, economic activity, and particular companies are highly important. Economic systems including firms, networks, economic system types, and system behavior are important. Government is important. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and forms of government can be connected. Government activity including administration, succession, and state relations is important. particular governments including local, national, and international such as traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts will be important. This is connected to religion, including religous beliefs, practice, organization, and particular traditions. Abrahamic religion including Christianity, Islam, and Judaism is important. Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism are also significant. Sociology Social structure and change Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure is important. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be considered. Social change including factors of social change is also significant. Processes of social change including innovation, transmission, adaptation,and extincion can be considered. Particular changes are associated more with the Agrarian revolution and Industrial revolution that with earlier movements. Particular communities are being listed under the peoples they belong to and will also eventually provide better source material. Many events will be organized by peoples. A few nations have developments listed. France can be considered. Congo, UK, Italy, South Korea, Myanmar, Ukraine, South Africa, Columbia, Sudan, Spain, Argentina, Poland, Tanzania, Kenya, Morocco, Canada, Algeria, Afghanistan, Peru, Nepal, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Saudi Irabia, Iraq Venezuela, Malaysia, North Korea, Taiwan. Western civilization has had numerous complex developments. Major cities include Los Angeles. Anglic peoples have been quite prominent. Anglo-American peoples including the US, Canada, and British Caribbean peoples may be considered. British and Australian peoples will be connected later. Cities include New York City Latin peoples are also significant, though details on French peoples, Hispanic peoples such as those of Mexico and cities such as Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Lusitanic peoples such as those of Brazil and Italian peoples are not yet present. Northeast European peoples such as those of Russia can be considered. Details on Germanic peoples such as those of Germany, Scandinavian,and Balkan peoples are also lacking at present. Asiatic peoples have developed considerably. There was considerable political turmoil in Thailand, and several prime ministers served. The Middle East is not yet detailed, but is at present represented by Egypt, Turkey, and Iran and the major city of Cairo South Asia includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and major cities of Bombay, Delhi Calcutta Karachi Dacca Central Asia is not yet as well known, but includes some peoples of China and Russia. The Orient including people of China, Japan, and Korean peoples is being examined. Major cites include Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Osaka Southeast Asia including Mainland Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Polynesia is also significant. Major cities include Jakarta Manila African peoples are represented by Ethiopia. West African peoples including those of Nigeria can be connected. American Indian peoples are also less well known, but Mexico may include some information on them. Cities include Mexico City. South American Indians including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples including those in the United States can be identified. Other History Earlier history, including classical and medieval history and modern history up to the 19th century, is indirectly useful here. Events of the 20th century up to the late-mid 20th century are also useful. Developments are continued from the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and most immediately the late 1990s including 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. This is followed by the Late 2000s, including 2006 and the 1st, 2nd 3rd, and 4th quarter, and 2007, 1st quarter and 2nd quarter, including April and May. Some developments can be projected into the future. The near future including next month, the next quarter, and next year is more accessible than the middle future or far future.

Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may possibly be connected. Connections of personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biographies will be included as the site develops.

Links to other sites:

Wikipedia - 2000s
2000 - 2006 World History InfoPlease.com
21st Century (Timelines)
Media History Timelines 2000s

Anthropology

Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, group types, and group behavior can be connected. Demography including births, deaths, migration, population size and structure, and population change can be considered. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be connected. Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, relations with other life, and effects of people on the environment can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American Geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography will be valuable. Particular groups may be important.

Culture

Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts will be useful. Conceptual culture including language, graphics, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy will also be useful. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, performing arts, sports and games, will also be useful. Cultural events including miscellaneous events, holidays, gatherings, and distasters will also be useful.

Institutions

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families are significant. Education including teaching, research, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools will be important. Economics including industries, economic activity, and particular companies are highly important. Economic systems including firms, networks, economic system types, and system behavior are important. Government is important. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and forms of government can be connected. Government activity including administration, succession, and state relations is important. particular governments including local, national, and international such as traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts will be important. This is connected to religion, including religous beliefs, practice, organization, and particular traditions. Abrahamic religion including Christianity, Islam, and Judaism is important. Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism are also significant.

Sociology

Social structure and change

Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure is important. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be considered. Social change including factors of social change is also significant. Processes of social change including innovation, transmission, adaptation,and extincion can be considered. Particular changes are associated more with the Agrarian revolution and Industrial revolution that with earlier movements.

Particular communities are being listed under the peoples they belong to and will also eventually provide better source material.

Many events will be organized by peoples. A few nations have developments listed. France can be considered. Congo, UK, Italy, South Korea, Myanmar, Ukraine, South Africa, Columbia, Sudan, Spain, Argentina, Poland, Tanzania, Kenya, Morocco, Canada, Algeria, Afghanistan, Peru, Nepal, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Saudi Irabia, Iraq Venezuela, Malaysia, North Korea, Taiwan.

Western civilization has had numerous complex developments. Major cities include Los Angeles. Anglic peoples have been quite prominent. Anglo-American peoples including the US, Canada, and British Caribbean peoples may be considered. British and Australian peoples will be connected later. Cities include New York City Latin peoples are also significant, though details on French peoples, Hispanic peoples such as those of Mexico and cities such as Mexico City and Sao Paulo. Lusitanic peoples such as those of Brazil and Italian peoples are not yet present. Northeast European peoples such as those of Russia can be considered. Details on Germanic peoples such as those of Germany, Scandinavian,and Balkan peoples are also lacking at present.

Asiatic peoples have developed considerably. There was considerable political turmoil in Thailand, and several prime ministers served.

The Middle East is not yet detailed, but is at present represented by Egypt, Turkey, and Iran and the major city of Cairo

South Asia includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and major cities of Bombay, Delhi Calcutta Karachi Dacca

Central Asia is not yet as well known, but includes some peoples of China and Russia.

The Orient including people of China, Japan, and Korean peoples is being examined. Major cites include Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Osaka

Southeast Asia including Mainland Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Polynesia is also significant. Major cities include Jakarta Manila

African peoples are represented by Ethiopia. West African peoples including those of Nigeria can be connected.

American Indian peoples are also less well known, but Mexico may include some information on them. Cities include Mexico City. South American Indians including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples including those in the United States can be identified.

Other History

Earlier history, including classical and medieval history and modern history up to the 19th century, is indirectly useful here. Events of the 20th century up to the late-mid 20th century are also useful. Developments are continued from the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and most immediately the late 1990s including 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

This is followed by the Late 2000s, including 2006 and the 1st, 2nd 3rd, and 4th quarter, and 2007, 1st quarter and 2nd quarter, including April and May. Some developments can be projected into the future. The near future including next month, the next quarter, and next year is more accessible than the middle future or far future.

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