1945 - 2000
After World War II ended in 1945 , the United Nations was established in the hope of resolving Disputes between nations and Prevent future wars. these war leaves the country with two major powers items, namely the United States and the Soviet Union , the which led the international case. Both mutual suspicion and fear of the global distribution of political and economic models of one of these countries. This led to the Cold War without Bloodshed-dispute between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies. With the development of nuclear weapons
and the arms race , the human race is at risk of the occurrence of a nuclear war triggered by the two superpowers. Considered Such wars are difficult to implement, so it is used in war funding through a third party, with the state spending that is suitable for the third world without nuclear weapons. Cold War lasted until the 1990s, when the communist system of the Soviet Union Began to collapse, Unable to Compete economically the United States and Western Europe. Countries of the former Soviet Union in Central Europe demanding sovereignty of their nation so that in 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into a number of countries. Since then, the United States Became the only superpower in the world. In the early decades of the 20th century, the colonies countries of Europe - Belgium , Britain , the Netherlands , France , and empire -European in Africa and Asia to declare formal independence. Newly independent states are facing challenges in the form of neocolonialism , poverty, illiteracy, and tropical diseases endemic. Many countries in Western Europe and the Middle slowly form a political and economic community, the European Union , the which extends to the east due to the participation of countries of the former Soviet Union.
In the 20th century there was an explosion of progress of science and technology , as well as Increased life expectancy and standard of living for the majority of the human race. During its development, the world economy shift from coal to oil in transportation technology as updates, beginning accompany the Information Age , the which leads to the acceleration of globalization .
In this century, the application of technology has been Able to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere is allowing mankind to explore the empty space in the Solar System . In the field of biology , the discovery of the structure of the DNA -patterns-life prints and sequencing the human genome , is a brilliant achievement in the understanding of human biology and treatment of disease . figure literacy around the world started to rise, otherwise the percentage of labor resources to produce food for mankind slowly declining. Technology sound recording , films , radio and television information and entertainment resulting spread very Rapidly. Then, in the last decade of the century, there was an increase of in the amount of use of computers , Including personal computers . Global communications network is present in the form of the Internet . Mass media turning into a one-way communication in the individual symptoms of the so-called fourth shift towards civilization fifth civilization.
The 21st century
Title : Contemporary History (1945-2000)
Description : 1945 - 2000 After World War II ended in 1945 , the United Nations was established in the hope of resolving Disputes between ...