- Africa
France returns the Abomey treasures
France formally returned 26 royal artworks looted from the palaces of Abomey during the 1892 conquest, a landmark act of cultural restitution to be displayed in Benin.
Era: The National Conference and modern Benin
Sources: France formally returns looted Benin artworks at Élysée ceremony · France 24, 129-Year Journey Nears End as France Returns Benin Treasures · Voice of America
- Asia
The Hope probe reaches Mars
The UAE's Hope spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, making the country the first Arab nation and the fifth worldwide to reach the planet.
Era: Oil Wealth and the Global Federation
Sources: History · The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae), Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Asia
Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup
Qatar staged the FIFA World Cup, the first in an Arab and Muslim country, after a decade of major infrastructure investment, drawing both global celebration and scrutiny.
Era: Qatar Under Tamim: Blockade and World Stage
Sources: 2022 FIFA World Cup · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Culture & Ideas in the 2020s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 2020s — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 2021 to 2022. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 3
- Nations
- 3
- Earliest
- 2021
- Latest
- 2022
- Asia
- 2
- Africa
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.