21st century



The 21st century began on January 1, 2001 and ended on December 31, 2100. The most significant overarching event in the 21st century was the rapidly increasing severity of human-caused climate change, leading to sea level rise inundating many coastal cities and displacing many millions of people, as well as more extreme weather events across the planet.

Other major events in the 21st century included several recessions, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dawn program which sent humans to the planet Cyprus, an increased social acceptance of LGBTQ+ and other minorities along with accompanying social movements, the rise of technology, social media and artificial intelligence, and several conflicts like the War on Terror, massive civil wars in areas like Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Venezuela and Turkey, the Russo-Ukranian War, the Mexican-Guatemalan War and the Kashmir War.