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929 verified facts in this category, showing 901–929.

• The Cold War was termed 'cold' because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc powers.
  20th century (1947-1991) · Global (primarily USA and USSR)
• The Cold War is commonly dated as occurring between 1947 and 1991, though historians have not fully agreed on the exact dates.
  20th century · global
• The Cold War began in the aftermath of the Second World War.
  20th century · global
• The Space Race was part of the technological rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  1950s-1970s · global
• The United States and Soviet Union supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars during the Cold War.
  Cold War (1947-1991) · Global
• The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
  20th century · global
• During the Age of Discovery, the Catholic Church spread Christianity to the New World, Asia, and Africa through missions to convert indigenous peoples.
  Age of Discovery (15th-17th centuries) · Global (Americas, Asia, Africa)
• The Spaniards and Portuguese opened maritime routes to the East Indies and colonized the Americas, later joined by the English, French, and Dutch.
  15th-17th centuries · Global (Europe, Americas, East Indies)
• The Age of Discovery lasted from approximately the 15th to the 17th century.
  Early Modern Period (15th-17th century) · Global (European-driven exploration)
• Ancient Egyptians grew wheat and barley as staple food crops.
  Ancient Egypt (c. 3100-30 BCE) · Egypt/North Africa
• Ancient Egyptian civilization relied on the Nile River's dependable seasonal flooding for agriculture.
  Ancient (3100 BCE - 30 BCE) · North Africa/Egypt
• The French Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted in 1789.
  18th century · France
• The United States Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.
  18th century · United States
• The book 'Plant Food Processing Tools at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe' was published by Archaeopress in 2021.
  Contemporary · Turkey
• The chapter 'In the shadow of monoliths.: Göbekli Tepe and the monumental tradition of the Pre-Pottery Levant' appears in the book 'Megaliths of the World,' spanning pages 823-836.
  Contemporary · Near East
• Frederick Cook was born in 1865.
  19th century · United States
• Robert E. Peary was born in 1856.
  19th century · United States
• The Pearl Harbor attack took place on December 7, 1941.
  20th century · United States/Japan
• Aerial reconnaissance can be used for the observation of enemy maneuvers.
  20th century (WWI era, generally applicable) · global
• Egyptian archaeology is considered one of the branches of Egyptology.
  Not applicable · Egypt
• Edwin Henry Barton lived from 1858 to 1925.
  19th-20th century · United Kingdom
• The Axis powers were a military coalition that initiated World War II.
  20th century · global
• The Holocaust was one of the genocides that occurred during World War II.
  1939-1945 · Europe
• German leaders were tried for war crimes after World War II.
  20th century (1945-1949) · Germany/Europe
• World War II was fought between two coalitions known as the Allies and the Axis powers.
  1939-1945 · global
• The United States conducted its first successful nuclear test in 1945.
  1945 · United States
• The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred at the close of World War II.
  1940s · Japan
• The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were conducted by the United States in August 1945.
  20th century · Japan
• The Manhattan Project aimed to build a weapon using nuclear fission.
  1940s · United States