Early 1990s


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The early 1990s are still too recent for significant historical perspective. Events here are given year by year, and only a few are included.

1991

1991 President Bush led a multinational coalition of forces to expel Iraqi forces and liberate Kuwait. An attempt to remove Gorbachev led to the breakup of USSR and the end of Cold War. Indian prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, and succeded by Nirihimsha Rao. His government began a program of economic liberalization.

1992

1992 Bill Clinton was elected as 42nd President of the United States.

1993

Jiang Zemin became President of China.

1994

Clinton's proposed health care plan for the US met fierce opposition and was rejected.

1995

The Republican party gained a majority in the US Congress.

1995 Chirac was elected as President of France.


Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and earth science may be useful to this period of history. Personal studies including the human body, pschology, and biography can be considered. Anthropology including social foundations, and demography will also be useful. 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 considered. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Particular groups can also be connected.	Links to other sites: Wikipedia- 1990s
Culture Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts is significant. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be connected. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, performing arts, games, sports, and cultural events will also be useful. Institutions Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be considered. Education including research, teaching, cultural instittuions, educational organization, and schools can be considered. Economics including economic activities, industries, and economic sysems can be considered. Government including law will be highly important. 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 can be considered. Particular governments including local government, national government, and international government will be important. Religion including religious belief, practice, organization, and particular traditions of Abrahamic, Asiatic, secularism, and pagan religion will also be vital in these studies. Sociology Social structure and change Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure can be connected. Social types including hunting and gathering peoples, horticultural peoples, agrarian peoples, and industrial peoples can be considered. Social change including social change factors, social change processes, and particular changes can be connected. Communities will be connected to the peoples they belong to. These include Bombay. Peoples of the world are important. Particular nations such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Western civilization is important. Mexico joined NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Carlos Salinas was succeeded by Ernesto Zedillo. Cities such as Mexico City and New York City are important. Among Anglic peoples, in the United States (Clinton's first term) is important. Among Latin peoples, in Brazil President Collor was impeached and removed from office, and Henrique Cardoso was elected president. Among Northeast European peoples, in Russia the Communist government collapsed, the USSR was dissolved, Russia, the largest piece, was recognized as its successor, and the "Cold War" came to an end. Asiatic peoples can be considered. In Japan, the economy suffered a serious decline, and the Liberal Demoratic Party lost power following a series of financial scandals. Cities such as Seoul can be considered. Among South Asian peoples, in India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated and succeded by Nirihimsha Rao. In Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was removed from office and succeeded by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In Bangladesh Khaleda Zia served as prime Minister. Among Oriental peoples, China was mostly concerned with economic develoments. Jiang Zemin was President of China. Cities such as Tokyo can be considered. In Southeast Asia, in Indonesia Suharto continued to have political control. African peoples including those of Nigeria can be connected. Ibrahim Babangida attempted to restore power to a civilian third republic in 1993, but this failed and Sani Abacha assumed military rule.American Indian peoples will also be useful. Mexico Cities include Mexico City. Among South American Indian peoples, Brazil may have information. Among North American Indian ptoples, the United States, (Clinton's first term) has information about these peoples. 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. Events of this period are continued from the late 1980s. Events of this period are continued into the late 1990s. This is also studied in the early 21st century, including the early 2000s and late 2000s down to 2006 and 2007.

Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and earth science may be useful to this period of history. Personal studies including the human body, pschology, and biography can be considered. Anthropology including social foundations, and demography will also be useful. 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 considered. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Particular groups can also be connected.

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Culture

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

Institutions

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be considered. Education including research, teaching, cultural instittuions, educational organization, and schools can be considered. Economics including economic activities, industries, and economic sysems can be considered. Government including law will be highly important. 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 can be considered. Particular governments including local government, national government, and international government will be important. Religion including religious belief, practice, organization, and particular traditions of Abrahamic, Asiatic, secularism, and pagan religion will also be vital in these studies.

Sociology

Social structure and change

Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure can be connected. Social types including hunting and gathering peoples, horticultural peoples, agrarian peoples, and industrial peoples can be considered. Social change including social change factors, social change processes, and particular changes can be connected.

Communities will be connected to the peoples they belong to. These include Bombay.

Peoples of the world are important. Particular nations such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Egypt, and Ethiopia.

Western civilization is important. Mexico joined NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Carlos Salinas was succeeded by Ernesto Zedillo. Cities such as Mexico City and New York City are important. Among Anglic peoples, in the United States (Clinton's first term) is important. Among Latin peoples, in Brazil President Collor was impeached and removed from office, and Henrique Cardoso was elected president. Among Northeast European peoples, in Russia the Communist government collapsed, the USSR was dissolved, Russia, the largest piece, was recognized as its successor, and the "Cold War" came to an end.

Asiatic peoples can be considered. In Japan, the economy suffered a serious decline, and the Liberal Demoratic Party lost power following a series of financial scandals. Cities such as Seoul can be considered. Among South Asian peoples, in India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated and succeded by Nirihimsha Rao. In Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was removed from office and succeeded by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In Bangladesh Khaleda Zia served as prime Minister. Among Oriental peoples, China was mostly concerned with economic develoments. Jiang Zemin was President of China. Cities such as Tokyo can be considered. In Southeast Asia, in Indonesia Suharto continued to have political control.

African peoples including those of Nigeria can be connected. Ibrahim Babangida attempted to restore power to a civilian third republic in 1993, but this failed and Sani Abacha assumed military rule.American Indian peoples will also be useful. Mexico Cities include Mexico City. Among South American Indian peoples, Brazil may have information. Among North American Indian ptoples, the United States, (Clinton's first term) has information about these peoples.

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. Events of this period are continued from the late 1980s.

Events of this period are continued into the late 1990s. This is also studied in the early 21st century, including the early 2000s and late 2000s down to 2006 and 2007.