The Decade of the 2000’s
The 2000’s. The growth of the Internet contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world. The economic growth of the 2000’s had considerable social, environmental and mass extinction consequences, raised demand for diminishing energy resources, and was still shown to be vulnerable as demonstrated during the Global Financial Crisis late in the decade. In the English-speaking world, a name for the decade was never universally accepted in the same manner as for decades such as the ’80’s, the ’90’s, etc. The War on Terror and War in Afghanistan began after the September 11 attacks in 2001. The International Criminal Court was formed in 2002. A United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, and the Iraq War led to the end of Saddam Hussein’s rule as Iraqi President and the Ba’ath Party in Iraq. Al-Qaeda and affiliated Islamist militant groups performed terrorist acts throughout the decade. These acts included the 2004 Madrid train bombings, 7/7 London bombings in 2005, and the Mumbai attacks related to al-Qaeda in 2008. The European Union expanded its sanctions amid Iran’s failure to comply with its transparency obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and United Nations resolutions. Read more about the 2000’s on Wikipedia.
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