Contemporary history period

Major periods in world history.
This is a list of the major periods in world history.
It includes ,broad global eras, such as:

The contemporary period of literature was between the years 1945 and 1970.
At this time in history, technology was expanding and the war was over.
Since the fighting was over, Americans had to deal with the aftermath.
Fortunately, World War I brought our country out of the deep despair and poverty from the Great Depression.
It was a consumer economy.

The period is generally said to have begun in the latter half of the 20th century, though the particular date varies.
The term began its use around the late 1980s and early 1990s, and has been used up to the present with the availability of the Internet.