millennium
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A “world state,” which some saw as inevitable around the turn of the millennium, is now an ever more remote possibility.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
In recent weeks, it has nearly disappeared and is hovering among its lowest levels since the start of the new millennium.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The version found in the National Museum appears to have been used for teaching and includes rulers from the late 3rd millennium BC.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The Armed Man was originally commissioned in 1998 by various bodies as a mass to mark the millennium, said Sir Karl, adding that it had been performed "globally" 4,000 times since 2000.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Alphabets apparently arose only once in human history: among speakers of Semitic languages, in the area from modern Syria to the Sinai, during the second millennium B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing millennium
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