21th century nomenclature

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21th century nomenclature

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I've been studying a lot of history and one thing I've noticed was that the definition of century has changed in the historical sense. The European 19th century is considered to have begun after the French Revolution (1789).

A hundred years from now will they be saying the 21th century began with the personal computer industry (1977), with the Internet age (90's)?
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thounds like you have a lithp when you thay 21th
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In my defence, I was drunk when I posted.
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Drunken spelling aside...
I'm pretty interested in this idea, thinking, what exactly defines the 'when' of at what point we as a Civilization are really in the 21st Century and what's when we are merely there in the numbers...
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Also the beginning post emphasizes a western viewpoint. People from other parts of the world divide history differently.
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Curses! Foiled by ethnocentrism again. Always forgetting to bear in mind that you're only speaking from your own part of the world.
Where's my better Historically educated nature when I need it?
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