Culture & IdeasThe 1990s

Culture & Ideas in the 1990s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 1990s — 11 of them, drawn from 11 nations, running from 1993 to 1999. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
11
Nations
11
Earliest
1993
Latest
1999
Asia
4
Oceania
3
North America
2
Africa
1
South America
1

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

  1. — North America:

    El Salvador

    Joya de Ceren named World Heritage

    UNESCO inscribes Joya de Ceren on the World Heritage List as a unique record of pre-Hispanic Maya farming life, the Pompeii of the Americas.

    Era: The Pipil, the Maya, and the Land of the Jewel

    Sources: Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. — Oceania:

    New Zealand

    UNESCO World Heritage recognition

    Tongariro National Park — inscribed for its dual natural and Māori cultural significance — and Te Wahipounamu in the south were recognised by UNESCO, honouring both landscape and Māori heritage.

    Era: The Māori renaissance and bicultural New Zealand

    Sources: Tongariro National Park · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Te Wahipounamu — South West New Zealand · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. — Africa:

    Uganda

    Cultural kingdoms restored

    Museveni's government restores the kingdoms in a cultural, non-political form; a new kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Mutebi II, is enthroned.

    Era: The Bush War, Museveni and the Northern Insurgency

    Sources: History of Uganda · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ebyafayo — History of Buganda · Buganda Kingdom (official)

  4. — Asia:

    Yemen

    Zabid recognised as a centre of Islamic learning

    The historic town of Zabid, capital of Yemen under the Rasulids and a celebrated centre of Islamic scholarship from the 13th to 15th centuries, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Era: Islam and the Long Zaidi Imamate

    Sources: Historic Town of Zabid · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  5. — Asia:

    Laos

    Luang Prabang inscribed by UNESCO

    The former royal capital of Luang Prabang, a fusion of Lao and French colonial architecture at the meeting of the Mekong and Nam Khan, is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

    Era: The Lao People's Democratic Republic

    Sources: Town of Luang Prabang · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  6. — South America:

    Uruguay

    Colonia listed by UNESCO

    The historic quarter of Colonia del Sacramento, blending Portuguese, Spanish and post-colonial architecture, is inscribed as a World Heritage site.

    Era: The Contested Frontier: Colonia and Montevideo

    Sources: Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  7. — North America:

    Belize

    Barrier Reef made a World Heritage site

    UNESCO inscribed the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System — seven protected areas including the Blue Hole and Half Moon Caye — as a World Heritage site, recognising the largest reef in the Atlantic-Caribbean and second-largest on Earth.

    Era: Independent Belize and the Guatemalan question

    Sources: Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Belize (country overview) · Encyclopædia Britannica

  8. — Asia:

    Qatar

    Al Jazeera launched

    Qatar founded Al Jazeera, the first independent Arabic-language satellite news channel, broadcasting from Doha and giving the small state global reach and influence.

    Era: The Gas Boom: Hamad, Al Jazeera and New Wealth

    Sources: Al Jazeera · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  9. — Oceania:

    New Caledonia

    The Tjibaou Cultural Centre opens

    Named for the assassinated Kanak leader and built at Nouméa by the Agence de developpement de la culture kanak, it opened the same month the Nouméa Accord was signed — the accord's cultural half made permanent in wood and steel.

    Era: Matignon and the Nouméa Accord

    Sources: Centre culturel Tjibaou · Agence de developpement de la culture kanak (ADCK)

  10. — Oceania:

    Solomon Islands

    East Rennell inscribed, and later imperilled

    The southern third of Rennell Island — the largest raised coral atoll in the world — joins the World Heritage List; it is moved to the List in Danger in 2013.

    Era: Tensions, Recovery and Great-Power Attention

    Sources: East Rennell (World Heritage List) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  11. — Asia:

    Bhutan

    Television and the internet arrive

    Limited television and internet services are permitted and several dozen political prisoners released, a decade after the kingdom tightened.

    Era: Democracy and the Modern Kingdom

    Sources: Bhutan country profile · BBC News