World History is the historical study of the entire world. There are many popular personalities present in world history including Voltaire, Hegel, Karl Marx, Oswald Spengler and Arnold J. Toynbee.
World History is a vary and interesting subject which tells us about how human civilization happened from the beginning to the present days. It tells us about the cultures of the society in various time frames.
In Western tradition, World History is divided into three major parts ancient, medieval, and modern time.
The World History tells about the civilization of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley. It describe the rise and fall of empires like Roman, Byzantine, Mongol and others.
The exploration and trade had a major impact on the world history. There are famous European explorers like Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama who discovered new lands and trade routes for the betterment of people. This helps in the exchange of services, goods, and cultures between various parts of the world.
World History is an important subject for various competitive exams including Civil Services, SSC, PSC, Rail, banking, Insurance and other state-level exams. There are questions related to World History seen in the general knowledge section of Govt. exams.
To help aspirants we have listed here some important events of World History.
Some of the Important Events in the World History
- 1997 – Prinshep Diana died in a road accident near Road Tunel.
- 1999 – To challenge the dollar, the common currency Euro started on 1 January by the joint venture of 11 countries. But Britain, Sweden and Denmark did not participate in this program.
- 1789 – Bastin Fort Destroyed. At that time, the last king of France was Sorosh Lui.
- 1917 – Bolsevik(Communist) came into power. Lenin also came into power after killing the last Jar Nicolas.
- 1776 – British get back from America with the leadership of George Washington. America got freedom.
- 1948 – International Human Rights declared. Reneka Sin got the Nobel Prize in 1968.
- 1939 – Germany invades Poland. Beginning of World War II.
- 1893 – Mao Zedong, chairman of People’s Republic of China Born.
- 1997 – British return from Hong Kong to China.
