Timeline : turning points in history
That I have witnessed. Interestingly the turning points occur mostly at the beginning of each decade.
|| 1979
This is the year Islamic world turned on its head. Prior to this the world was mostly secular/communist. And events in this year made Islam significant again. Afghan war, Mecca seizure, Iran revolution, Saddam's ascendance all morphed the world. Marked start of the Hijri centrury 1400.
|| 1991
Fall of Communism. The world entered from the era of cold war between two super powers, into a single super power now running it. Start of long decade of peace.
|| 2001
9/11 morphed the world once again. Nothing was same as before. Religion of Islam came into the fore light into world politics.
|| 2011
Arab spring. Beginning of the decade long Syrian war. Middle East now is the battlefield of superpowers, replacing Europe.
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