Trends

Broad Outline
The Basics
How To Use This Atlas
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What's New?
FAQ
Looking back at the 20th Century
General Trends
Living Conditions
Government
War
Art
Population, Religion, etc.
Specific Places and Events
Europe
America
China
Cold War
Imperialism, World Wars, Olympics, etc.
Sources
Links (if you don't find what you want on my site, try these.)History Site of the Fortnight
Matthew White's Homepage
Detailed Table of Contents
The Basics:
How To Use This Atlas:
Many of these maps are interactive. If you click on a place, you might zoom in and get more detail. Then again, you might not. Try it.
Similarly, if you click on the legend to a map, you might get a more detailed explanation of the topic.
Clicking on the arrows...

... will take you page by page through a specific subject, such as American History or Warfare.
Clicking on the Contemporary Context button bar...

... will zoom out to show what's happening in the world at this time in a specific field of human activity. The icons symbolize Cities, Government, War, International Relations, Living Conditions and Economics, respectively.
Although this atlas is non-linear in overall design, its backbone is probably the series of maps illustrating national political systems, so this is probably the best place to start if you have no particular topic you're curious about.
If you are curious about a particular topic, I don't have a search engine here, but you might want to use [CONTROL]-[F], and then type in (a) simple keyword(s), like soviet or world war.
Table of Contents:
FAQ
What's New
Keeping the Turn of the Century in Perspective:
Who Is the Most Important Person of the Twentieth Century?
Othe people's choices for the top 100 this-and-thats of the 20th Century (links)
What Are the Most Overrated Events, People and Achievements of the Twentieth Century?
My Selections, based on my incredible expertise on historical matters, and a fair dose of arrogance.
... and a few underrated aspects of the Century as well.
Your Selections, based on a survey conducted in late 1998 and early 1999.
When did the Century begin and when does it end?
Which is it? 1900-1999 or 1901-2000?
General Trends:
Socio-Economic Trends:
Agricultural Workforce
Infant Mortality
Life Expectancy
Literacy
Telephones
Timelines
1st Quarter: 1900-24
2nd Quarter: 1925-49
3rd Quarter: 1950-74
4th Quarter: 1975-99
Systems of Government:
By Decade:
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
By Type:
Monarchies, 1900-98
Democracies, 1945-95
Military Juntas, 1945-95
Single Party States, 1945-95
Population by Type of Government
Population:
World Population, 1900-2000
Density, 1900-2000
Growth, 1900-2000
Cities:
1900
1991
Urban Growth:
1900-1925
1925-1950
1950-1975
1975-2000
War:
Overview
Wars:
1900-1925
1925-1950
1950-1975
1975-2000
30 Worst Atrocities
15 Bloodiest Wars
Complete Casualty Statistics of Wars and Tyrants
Alphabetical Index
Do democracies make war on one another?
Art
The 100 most important art works of the 20th Century
Religion
Africa
Judaism
Specific Places and Events:
Europe:
1900
1914
Austria-Hungary
1935
Spanish Civil War
Hungary
1970
Soviet Union
Collapse of the Soviet Union
America:
North America:
North American Border Changes
United States: 1910
Mexican Revolution
Caribbean: 1920
Political Violence in the USA
Nicaragua
South America:
Border Changes, 1900-42
Political Changes, 1945-99
Asia:
China:
Qing Dynasty
Revolution
Era of the Warlords
Under the Guomindang
The Long March
Final Civil War
Israel
Korean War
Philippines
Lebanon
War in Afghanistan
Iran-Iraq War
Africa
Colonial Africa
Maji-Maji Rebellion
Nigeria
South Africa
Chad
Sudan
Africa in the Late 20th Century
International Relations
Age of Imperialism
British Empire
French Empire
First World War:
Pre-War Alliance System
Aftermath of World War One
Losses in the First World War
World Governments:
League of Nations
The United Nations
Second World War:
Alliance System
World War II in Europe
Fascist Europe, 1942
Aftermath of World War Two
Losses in the Second World War
Dumping the Colonies
The Cold War:
Alignment: 1945-1960
Communism
Core Treaties
Alignment: 1960-1991
Nuclear Proliferation
Post Cold War
Disasters:
Earthquakes
Accidents
Nobel Prizes:
1900-1925
1925-1950
1950-1975
1975-2000
Olympic Games:
1900-1924
1928-1948
1952-1972
1976-1996
Sources:
General Bibliography
Recommended Reading
Letters Received
Detailed death tolls for the major bloodlettings of the 20th Century
Index of Wars and Tyrants
External Links