Culture & IdeasThe 2010s

Culture & Ideas in the 2010s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 2010s — 10 of them, drawn from 9 nations, running from 2010 to 2019. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
10
Nations
9
Earliest
2010
Latest
2019
Africa
3
Asia
3
North America
3
Oceania
1

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

  1. Asia

    United Arab Emirates

    The Burj Khalifa opens in Dubai

    Dubai inaugurated the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, a symbol of the emirate's wager on trade, real estate and tourism rather than oil.

    Era: Oil Wealth and the Global Federation

    Sources: History of the United Arab Emirates · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History · The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae)

  2. Africa

    Kenya

    Fort Jesus inscribed by UNESCO

    Fort Jesus is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as an outstanding example of sixteenth-century military architecture and a witness to the contest for the Indian Ocean trade.

    Era: Portuguese and Omani Rule on the Coast

    Sources: Fort Jesus, Mombasa · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. Asia

    Kyrgyzstan

    Manas trilogy recognized by UNESCO

    UNESCO inscribed the Kyrgyz epic trilogy of Manas, Semetey and Seytek on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, recognizing one of the world's longest oral epics.

    Era: The Yenisei Kyrgyz and the Epic of Manas

    Sources: Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

  4. Africa

    Niger

    Agadez inscribed by UNESCO

    The Historic Centre of Agadez — the mudbrick capital of the Sultanate of Aïr, with its tall earthen mosque minaret — was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognising its role in trans-Saharan trade and Islam.

    Era: Aïr, the caravans, and the eastern reach of Songhai

    Sources: Agadez · Wikipedia, Historic Centre of Agadez (World Heritage List, inscribed 2013) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  5. Asia

    Tajikistan

    Tajik National Park inscribed by UNESCO

    The Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs), covering roughly 18 per cent of the country, becomes Tajikistan's first natural World Heritage Site, protecting the 'Roof of the World'.

    Era: The Rahmon Era and the Mountain Republic

    Sources: Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) — World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  6. North America

    Costa Rica

    UNESCO World Heritage inscription

    The Diquis settlements with their stone spheres become Costa Rica's first cultural World Heritage Site, recognised as unique evidence of pre-Columbian chiefdom societies.

    Era: Chiefdoms and the Stone Spheres

    Sources: Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquis · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  7. North America

    Costa Rica

    Diquis spheres named World Heritage

    UNESCO inscribes the Diquis chiefdom settlements and their stone spheres as Costa Rica's first cultural World Heritage Site.

    Era: Peace, Welfare, and the Green Republic

    Sources: Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquis · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  8. North America

    Jamaica

    World Heritage inscription

    The Blue and John Crow Mountains, refuge of the Maroons, become Jamaica's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Era: Independent Jamaica and Global Culture

    Sources: Blue and John Crow Mountains · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  9. Oceania

    Fiji

    Fiji presides over COP23

    Fiji becomes the first small-island developing state to lead a UN climate conference, promoting the Talanoa Dialogue and the 1.5°C target.

    Era: New Constitution, Democracy & the Climate Frontline

    Sources: Secretary-General's remarks at COP23 (Fiji presidency) · United Nations, Pacific Island Countries — Overview (Fiji) · World Bank Group, Fiji · Encyclopædia Britannica

  10. Africa

    Cape Verde

    Morna inscribed as intangible heritage

    UNESCO added morna, the Cape Verdean musical practice of love, parting and sodade, to its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, honouring the islands' best-known cultural expression.

    Era: A stable democracy and a global people

    Sources: Morna, musical practice of Cabo Verde · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, The story of morna: Cape Verde's music of displacement and return · Al Jazeera