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In contemporary history the third millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1 2001 and will end on December 31 3000 of the Gregorian calendar. This is the third period of one thousand years in the Anno Domini. With rising technology & a more stable political world the third millennium can be seen as an era of completion in which the concept of global issues concludes and the history of the world ends to be replaced by new eras with untold events.

As this millennium is currently in progress its first two decades the past 2000s and the current 2010s are the subject of the historian's attention. The remaining part of the 21st century and longer-term trends are researched in futurology. Centuries and decades 21st century 2000s1 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s 22nd century 2100s 2110s 2120s 2130s 2140s 2150s 2160s 2170s 2180s 2190s 23rd century 24th century 25th century 26th century 27th century 28th century 29th century 30th century Popular expectations Technological singularity (21st century)2 Transition from Type 0 to Type I civilization of the Kardashev scale (22nd century)3 Space colonization (3rd millennium)4 First interstellar travel space mission. (3rd millennium)5 First transpiration of humanalien contact. No specific time period is proposed for this event yet many scientists agree it should be very soon and certainly within the third millennium. (3rd millennium)6 Notes 9 of the 10 years of the decade are in this millennium. 1 2 3 4 5 v d eMillennia

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