SHORT TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Created in analogy to brother era names felt to overlap specific time periods, the 'Short Twentieth Century' is a term used by some historians to denote the period 1914—1991 (or perhaps a couple of years later, depending on when one dates the end of the Cold War), where World War I and the fall of the Soviet Union represented such significant changes in world history as to redefine the era.
See also:

★ The long 19th century

★ Eighty Years' War (1914-1995)

★ American Century

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