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Claude Monet- Sunrise

Impressionism
Vincent Van Gogh- Starry Night

2001

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Chechnyan independence movements

Entry of Warsaw Pact nations into NATO
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
9/11
End of Soviet Union

Introduction of the euro

Recession as result of the introduction of the euro
Stagflation
A combination of high inflation and high unemployment (oil crisis)

Pope John Paul II dies

Pope Benedict XVI becomes new pope
Irish Troubles begin w/ the shooting of 13 Catholic peace marchers on
Bloody Sunday

Beginning of a series of violent conflicts in the former Yugoslavia

Decline in birth rate
population increase in Western Europe and population decrease in
Eastern Europe
Labor shortage led to guest workers
Green movements

Age of technology
Invention of the computer
television
Postmodernism

Postmodern art
poststructuralism /deconstruction
Serialism in music
Olivier Messiaen