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Part 1 Political history: political events - Europe, the Middle East,Africa, the Far East, Australasis, Latin America and the Caribbean,North America; heads of state and selected minsisters/rulers. Part 2Wars and international affairs: international organizations, majortreaties and international agreements, the League of Nations, the newnations since 1914, wars and major armed conflicts, nuclear developmentand arms control, strategic nuclear weapons of the superpowers,1963-1985, the strategic nuclear arsenals of other states, 1960-1986,major acts of terrorism and assassinations. Part 3 Economic and social:estimated world population 1900-2025, populations by individualcountries, population density and urban density, population of majorworld cities, life expectancy 1950-1985, infant mortality 1950-1985,median age of the world population 1950-1985, major population andrefugee movements, output of wheat, rice, coal and lignite, steel,electricity, crude oil, major vehicles produced, world oil reserves,gross national product 1952-1985, inflation rates 1950-1980, index ofconsumer prices 1950-1980, share of world manufacturing exports1913-1980, famines and major natural disasters since 1914, worldhealth, disease and medicine, the environment and pollution since 1945.