10 Years That Made the Modern World-- Part 2: 1990, 1789, 1905, 1945, 1979

5.  1990

Reunification of Germany,  eventual dissolution of Soviet Union, collapse of Communism across much of globe.  World Wide Web.  Gulf War  Growth of private military.

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4.  1789

French Revolution, political divisions such as left and right,  George Washington wins first presidential election.

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3.  1905

Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.  It makes GPS and clocks accurate.  The first Russian Revolution took place.  Russo-Japanese War.

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2.  1945

End of World War II, atom bombs,   beginning U.S.-Soviet Union Cold War.

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1.  1979

Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan.  Contributed to downfall of Soviet Union and Communism.  The Iranian Revolution.

Things to Think About.  --DaCoot

10 Years That Made the Modern World-- Part 1: 2001, 1848, 1918, 1962, 1953

From the February 3, 2020, ListVerse by Himanshu Sharma.

I am doing the very short version.  Go to site for more info and pictures.

10.  2001

Understanding the human genome, 9/11 terrorist attacks on U.S.

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9.  1848 

Wave of revolutions that hit Europe and elsewhere.  Idea of nation-state.

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8.  1918

The end of World War I, end of Ottaman, German,  Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires.  Spanish flu pandemic.

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7.  1962

Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis,   Things heating up in Vietnam.  Vatican Council

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6.  1953

Coup in Iran,  Rise of Iran as a power  DNA a double helix, designer babies and clones.

--Cooter

10 Symptoms of the Modern World That Aren't Modern At All-- Part 2

5.  Amazing advertisements--  Rome

4.  Overpaid, hedonistic sports stars--  Rome

3.  Cash grabs and unimaginative sequels--  Since "The Birth of a Nation" movie.

2.  Modern Disney stories--p  Rapunzel

1.  Listicles--  (Like This) Making lists has been around for a long time.

--Cootlist

10 Symptoms of the Modern World That Aren't Modern At All-- Part 1: What About "Selfies?"

From the April 23, 2016, Listverse by Morris M..  Go to the site to read more.

10.  Millenials--  Ancient Greece

9.  New Atheism--  10th century

8.  Selfies--  been around as long as cameras

7.  Insane Fan Fiction--  Bible

6.  Social Media--  There is plenty of graffiti at Vesuvius

--DaCootial