Late 1980s

This includes events from 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990.

Hosni Mubarak presided over Egypt. In India, Rajiv Gandhi lost power and VP Singh became Prime Minister. In Pakistan, Zia ul-Haq died in a plane crash. Benazir Bhutto was prime minister, and was succeeded by Nawaz Sharif. In China, the reforms taking place in the USSR and Eastern Europe were chilled with the Tianamen square massacre. Suharto was the president of Indonesia.







Other History

Other history including prehistory, antiquity, classical and medieval history, other modern history, and the future can be connected.

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Peoples of the world

Peoples of the world including major groups of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be connected.


Western Civilization

Western Civilization including Anglic, Latin, Germanic, and Northeast European peoples can be connected. Italy can be connected. Cities such as Sao Paulo can be connected.

Anglic peoples including Anglo-American peoples can be connected. The United Kingdom can be connected. Cities such as New York City can be connected. Anglo-American peoples including the United States can be connected.

Latin peoples including Hispanic and Lusitanic peoples can be connected. France can be connected. Cities such as Mexico City can be connected. Hispanic peoples such as those of Mexico can be connected. Lusitanic peoples such as those of Brazil can be connected.

Germanic peoples such as those of Germany can be connected.

Northeast European peoples such as those of Russia can be connected.

Asiatic peoples

Asiatic peoples including Middle Eastern, South Asian, Oriental, and Southeast Asian and Oceanic peoples can be connected. Thailand can be connected. Cities such as Shanghai can be connected.

Middle Eastern peoples including Egyptian and Persian peoples can be connected. Turkey can be connected. Egypt can be connected. Mubarak presided over Egypt. Persian peoples including those of Iran can be connected.

South Asian peoples such as those of India and Pakistan can be connected. Bangladesh can be connected. Cities such as Delhi can be connected. India can be connected. Rajiv Gandhi lost power and VP Singh became Prime Minister. Cities such as Bombay can be connected. Pakistan can be connected. Zia ul-Haq died in a plane crash. Benazir Bhutto was prime minister, and was succeeded by Nawaz Sharif.

Oriental peoples such as those of China can be connected. Japan can be connected. Cities such as Tokyo and Seoul can be connected. China can be connected. In China, the reforms taking place in the USSR and Eastern Europe were chilled with the Tianamen square massacre.

Southeast Asian and Oceanic peoples including Southeast Asian island peoples can be connected. Vietnam can be connected. Cities such as Jakarta can be connected.

Southeast Asian Island peoples such as those of Indonesia can be connected. The Philippines can be connected.Indonesia can be connected. Suharto was the president of Indonesia.

African peoples including Eastern African and Western African peoples can be connected. Congo DR can be connected. Eastern African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. Western African peoples such as those of Nigeria can be connected.

American Indian peoples including Middle American Indian, South American Indian, and North American Indian peoples can be connected. Mexico can be connected. Middle American Indian peoples such as those of the southwestern United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples such as those of the United States can be connected.


Cities such as Manila, Karachi, Cairo, Beijing, Osaka, Canton, Moscow, Los Angeles, Calcutta, Dacca, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Shenzhen, Lagos can be connected.

Asian cities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Bombay, Jakarta, Delhi, Shanghai, and Manila can be examined.

Western cities such Mexico City, New York City. and Sao Paulo can be connected.

Social mechanics


Social change


Particular changes and movements including stone age developments and the agricultural revolution can be connected. Agrarian developments including bronze age developments, American civilization, early iron age developments, late iron age developments, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be connected.

Social change factors including cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be connected. Institutional change can be connected.

Social change processes including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be connected.

Social types including hunting and gathering societies can be connected. Industrial societies can be connected. Agrarian societies can be connected. Horticultural societies can be connected.

Social structure including institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected. Community and regional structure can be connected. Class structure can be connected.


Institutions including religion, government, economics, education, and families can be connected.


Religion including particular religions, religious organization, religous practice, and religious belief can be connected.









Education including teaching and research can be connected. School systems including higher education, secondary education, and primary education can be connected. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Cultural institutions including performance venues, libraries, and museums can be connected.



Behavioral culture including occupations and customs can be connected. Cultural events including holidays, disasters, expeditions, awards, and gatherings can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theater, dance, and music can be connected.

Conceptual culture including applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Philosophy including philosophical schools and doctrines, special topics, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and logic can be connected.



Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including Asian geography, European geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including human effects on the environment, relations with other life forms, and environmental effects on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, migration, death, and birth and fertility can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography can be connected.

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Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, disease, life cycle, body functions, and body systems can be connected.



Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected.

Physics including structure of matter, quantum physics, and relativity can be connected. Electromagnetism including optics, magnetism, electric current, and electrostatics can be connected. Thermodynamics including statistical mechanics, nonclassical thermodynamics, and classical thermodynamics can be connected. Mechanics including gravitation and celestial mechanics, general mechanics, rigid body mechanics, and particle mechanics. can be connected.

Created 9 Mar 2013 Last updated 11 Nov 2017