Culture & IdeasThe 1980s

Culture & Ideas in the 1980s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 1980s — 11 of them, drawn from 9 nations, running from 1982 to 1988. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
11
Nations
9
Earliest
1982
Latest
1988
Africa
4
Asia
4
Europe
2
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Seychelles

    Aldabra Atoll inscribed by UNESCO

    The raised coral atoll, home to the world's largest giant-tortoise population, was added to the World Heritage List for its outstanding natural value.

    Era: An Extraordinary Natural Heritage

    Sources: Aldabra Atoll — World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Seychelles' Aldabra Atoll — decades as a UNESCO World Heritage Site · Seychelles News Agency

  2. Asia

    Yemen

    Shibam, the 'Manhattan of the desert', is listed

    The Old Walled City of Shibam, famed for its towering mud-brick high-rise houses in the Wadi Hadramawt, was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

    Era: Unification and the Republic of Yemen

    Sources: Old Walled City of Shibam · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. Africa

    Seychelles

    Vallée de Mai inscribed by UNESCO

    Praslin's palm forest, where the coco de mer grows wild, was recognised as a World Heritage Site for its unique flora.

    Era: An Extraordinary Natural Heritage

    Sources: Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve — World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Welcome to the Vallée de Mai · Seychelles Islands Foundation

  4. Europe

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Sarajevo Winter Olympics

    Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympic Games, a high point of confidence for the multi-ethnic socialist republic less than a decade before war engulfed the city.

    Era: The Second World War and Socialist Bosnia

    Sources: Bosnia and Herzegovina: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Africa

    Burkina Faso

    Upper Volta renamed Burkina Faso

    On the first anniversary of the revolution, the country is renamed Burkina Faso — 'land of upright (honest) people' — with a new flag and anthem.

    Era: Sankara's Revolution and the Birth of Burkina Faso

    Sources: Thomas Sankara · Wikipedia, History of Burkina Faso · Encyclopædia Britannica

  6. Europe

    Vatican City

    Vatican City inscribed as a World Heritage Site

    UNESCO inscribed the entire State of Vatican City as a World Heritage Site, recognising Saint Peter's, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums as a cultural patrimony of universal value.

    Era: Vatican II, the Modern Papacy and a World Patrimony

    Sources: Vatican City (World Heritage List, no. 286, inscribed 1984) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Historic Centre of Rome and the Holy See properties enjoying extraterritorial rights · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  7. Asia

    Jordan

    Petra inscribed as a World Heritage Site

    UNESCO inscribed Petra on the World Heritage List as a unique artistic achievement and an outstanding architectural ensemble of the early centuries BCE and CE.

    Era: The Nabataeans and the Rose-Red City of Petra

    Sources: Petra · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  8. Asia

    Yemen

    Old City of Sanaa joins the World Heritage List

    UNESCO inscribed the Old City of Sanaa, inhabited for more than 2,500 years and renowned for its multi-storey rammed-earth tower-houses and early mosques.

    Era: Unification and the Republic of Yemen

    Sources: Old City of Sana'a · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  9. Africa

    Zimbabwe

    Inscribed as a World Heritage Site

    UNESCO inscribed Great Zimbabwe National Monument as a World Heritage Site, recognising it as a unique testimony to the Bantu civilisation of the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries.

    Era: Great Zimbabwe and the gold trade

    Sources: Great Zimbabwe National Monument · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  10. Oceania

    New Zealand

    Te reo Māori made official

    The Māori Language Act 1987 recognised te reo Māori as an official language and created a commission to promote it, a landmark in the post-1970s Māori cultural renaissance.

    Era: The Māori renaissance and bicultural New Zealand

    Sources: Te reo Māori — the Māori language · Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Waitangi Tribunal — Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi · Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

  11. Asia

    South Korea

    Seoul Summer Olympics

    Seoul hosts the Summer Olympics, showcasing South Korea's recovery and helping cement its turn toward democracy and global engagement.

    Era: Democratization and Modern South Korea

    Sources: Seoul 1988 Olympic Games · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Korea (history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica