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3rd millennium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (223 words) |
 | The third millennium is the third period of one thousand years in the Common Era. |
 | As the millennium currently in progress, only its first decade, the 2000s, can be the subject of the historian's attention, the remaining part of the 21st century (such as the predicted stagnation of world population at some 10 billion in the 2050s) and longer-term trends being the province of futures studies. |
 | Some millennialists and Christian anarchists predict the third millennium will be the millennium of peace, when mankind finally learns to live in harmony with each other and nature. |
| 1st millennium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (296 words) |
 | In the Gregorian calendar, the 1st millennium is the period of one thousand years that commenced with the year 1 Anno Domini. |
 | The early 1st millennium marks the peak of the Roman Empire. |
 | Christianity and Islam rise to power in the 4th and 7th centuries, respectively. |