2008


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This includes events of 2008

First quarter 2008

I do not yet have analyzed events for January, February, or March.

Second quarter 2008

I do not yet have analyzed events for April or May. In June there were diplomatic talks between China and Taiwan to improve cross-strait relations.

In July there was a G8 summit meeting and a US-India treaty regarding nuclear weapons was signed. In August the South Ossetia war between Russia and Georgia broke out. The Summer Olympic games were conducted in China. Pervez Musharraff resigned as President of Pakistan. In September The failure of several large banks and corporations in the United States signaled a global financial crisis. the South Ossetia war subsided. In Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari was selected as President. In China, a third manned spaceflight was conducted, and a major scandal involving milk products surfaced. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned and was succeeded by Taro Aso. In Nigeria, opposition groups attacked oil production facilities.

Fourth quarter 2008

In October the global financial crisis continued and deepened. In November, Barak Obama was elected President of the United States. I have not yet compiled events for December


Other History Prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory can be connected. Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, and early 1st millennium BC can be connected. Classical and medieval times including early classical, late classical, early miedieval, and late medieval history can be connected.	Links to other sites
Other periods of modern history through the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, and 19th century are also weakly connected. The 20th century through the late 20th century is also somewhat weakly connected. Within the early 21st century, this is not directly connected to the early 2000s. In the late 2000s, it is preceded by 2007 The future is not yet well examined. The near future including next month can be connected. Next quarter and next year are important. The middle future and far future are not yet closely examined. Sociology The examination of peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change gives weight and substance to studies of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008. Institutions Religion, government, economics, education, and families can be applied to the examination of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008. Religion including religious beliefs, practice, and organization can be examined. Particular religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be considered. Government is important. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and institutional law can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and government forms can be connected. Government activity including administration, succession, and state relations can be considered. Particular governments including local government, national government, and international government can be connected. Economics can be considered. Economic activity including production, distribution, and consumption can be connected. Industries connected to companies and including agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building construction, social and medical service industries, transportion, communication, and commercial and financial services can be connected. Economic systems including firms, networks, system types, and system behavior can be connected. Education including research and teaching can be connected. Cultural institutions such as museums, libraries, and performance venues can be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, faculty, and administration can be connected. Schools including primary schools, secondary schools, and higher education can be connected. Family including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be examined. Culture Behavioral culture, conceptual culture, and material culture can be applied to examination of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainment, and cultural events is also significant. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be connected. Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts can be considered. Anthropology Particular groups, human geography, human ecology, physical anthropology, demography, and social foundations can be used to examine events of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008. Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography will be useful. Human ecology with environmental influence on people, other life, and human influence on the environment can be connected. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be connected. Demography including births, deaths, migration, population size and structure, and population change seems to be less directly useful. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, group types, and group behavior is needed. Personal studies Biography can be connected. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, pesonality, and social psychology can be connected. The human body including body systems, body function, human life cycle, disease, and human form and appearance can be connected. Science Biology including molecular biology, cell biology, organism biology, systematics, ecology, and biohistory can be connected.Earth science including geology, hydrospheric science, atmospheric science, physical geography, and geohistory can be connected. Astronomy including solar system astronomy, stellar atronomy, galactic astronomy, and cosmology can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.

Other History

Prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory can be connected. Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, and early 1st millennium BC can be connected. Classical and medieval times including early classical, late classical, early miedieval, and late medieval history can be connected.

Links to other sites

Other periods of modern history through the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, and 19th century are also weakly connected. The 20th century through the late 20th century is also somewhat weakly connected. Within the early 21st century, this is not directly connected to the early 2000s. In the late 2000s, it is preceded by 2007

The future is not yet well examined. The near future including next month can be connected. Next quarter and next year are important. The middle future and far future are not yet closely examined.

Sociology

The examination of peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change gives weight and substance to studies of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008.

Institutions

Religion, government, economics, education, and families can be applied to the examination of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008.

Religion including religious beliefs, practice, and organization can be examined. Particular religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be considered. Government is important. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and institutional law can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and government forms can be connected. Government activity including administration, succession, and state relations can be considered. Particular governments including local government, national government, and international government can be connected. Economics can be considered. Economic activity including production, distribution, and consumption can be connected. Industries connected to companies and including agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building construction, social and medical service industries, transportion, communication, and commercial and financial services can be connected. Economic systems including firms, networks, system types, and system behavior can be connected. Education including research and teaching can be connected. Cultural institutions such as museums, libraries, and performance venues can be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, faculty, and administration can be connected. Schools including primary schools, secondary schools, and higher education can be connected. Family including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be examined.

Culture

Behavioral culture, conceptual culture, and material culture can be applied to examination of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008.

Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainment, and cultural events is also significant. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be connected. Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts can be considered.

Anthropology

Particular groups, human geography, human ecology, physical anthropology, demography, and social foundations can be used to examine events of the first quarter 2008, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, and fourth quarter 2008.

Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography will be useful. Human ecology with environmental influence on people, other life, and human influence on the environment can be connected. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be connected. Demography including births, deaths, migration, population size and structure, and population change seems to be less directly useful. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, group types, and group behavior is needed.

Personal studies

Biography can be connected. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, pesonality, and social psychology can be connected. The human body including body systems, body function, human life cycle, disease, and human form and appearance can be connected.

Science

Biology including molecular biology, cell biology, organism biology, systematics, ecology, and biohistory can be connected.Earth science including geology, hydrospheric science, atmospheric science, physical geography, and geohistory can be connected. Astronomy including solar system astronomy, stellar atronomy, galactic astronomy, and cosmology can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.