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