Portal:2000s

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**Clockwise from top-left:**
The Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty on the left during the **terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001**;
The **euro** enters into European currency in 2002;
A statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during the **Iraq War** in 2003, and in 2006, Saddam would be executed for crimes against humanity;
U.S. troops heading toward an army helicopter in **Afghanistan** as part of the war on terror;
**Social media platforms** and the internet become widely popular;
A Chinese soldier gazes at the **2008 Summer Olympics** commencing in Beijing;
The **2008 financial crisis**, the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression;
**A tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake** kills over 230,000 in 2004, and becomes the strongest earthquake since the 1964 Alaska earthquake.

The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands") was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.

The early part of the decade saw the long predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole decade. It is also benefited from an economic boom, which saw the two most populous countries becoming an increasingly dominant economic force. The rapid catching-up of emerging economies with developed countries sparked some protectionist tensions during the period and was partly responsible for an increase in energy and food prices at the end of the decade. The economic developments in the latter third of the decade were dominated by a worldwide economic downturn, which started with the crisis in housing and credit in the United States in late 2007 and led to the bankruptcy of major banks and other financial institutions. The outbreak of this global financial crisis sparked a global recession, beginning in the United States and affecting most of the industrialized world.

The decade saw the rise of the Internet, which grew from covering 6.7% to 25.7% of the world population. This contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world;^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The war on terror and War in Afghanistan began after the September 11 attacks in 2001. The International Criminal Court was formed in 2002. In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, and the Iraq War led to the end of Saddam Hussein's rule as Iraqi President and the Ba'ath Party in Iraq. Al-Qaeda and affiliated Islamist militant groups performed terrorist acts throughout the decade. The Second Congo War, the deadliest conflict since World War II, ended in July 2003. Further wars that ended included the Algerian Civil War, the Angolan Civil War, the Sierra Leone Civil War, the Second Liberian Civil War, the Nepalese Civil War, and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Wars that began included the conflict in the Niger Delta, the Houthi insurgency in Yemen, and the Mexican drug war.

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Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young, socially isolated ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is told in two parts: the first is set in Naruto's pre-teen years (volumes 1–27), and the second in his teens (volumes 28–72). The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri (1995), which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueisha's monthly Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto (1997).

Naruto was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 1999 to November 2014, with its 700 chapters collected in 72 tankōbon volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga for North American production and serialized Naruto in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The manga was adapted into two anime television series by Pierrot and Aniplex, which ran from October 2002 to March 2017 on TV Tokyo. Pierrot also produced 11 animated films and 12 original video animations (OVAs). The franchise additionally includes light novels, video games, and trading cards. The story continues in Boruto, where Naruto's son Boruto Uzumaki creates his own ninja path as opposed to following his father's. (Full article...)

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... that the exterior of the De Lamar Mansion was cleaned using toothbrushes during the 2000s?
... that Meg White, a key figure in the 2000s garage-rock revival, has not made any public appearances since 2009?
... that despite being invented in the 2000s, Frutiger Aero was not named until 2017?

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Lesnar in 2023

Brock Edward Lesnar (/ˈlɛznər/ LEZ-nər; born July 12, 1977) is an American retired professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and professional American football player. He is best known for his tenures in WWE between 2000 and 2026. Lesnar is the only person to have won the primary heavyweight championships of WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Lesnar competed in collegiate wrestling for the University of Minnesota, winning the NCAA Division I national championship in 2000. He soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry prominence in mid-2002 by winning the WWE Championship at age 25, setting the record for the youngest performer to win the championship. In 2004, Lesnar departed WWE to join the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), but was cut from the team during pre-season. He returned to wrestling and signed with NJPW in 2005 where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar later departed NJPW and continued to be promoted as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in the IGF before taking a hiatus from wrestling to pursue a career in mixed martial arts (MMA). Years later in 2012, he re-signed with WWE; his 504-day first reign with the now-defunct WWE Universal Championship is the seventh-longest world championship reign in the promotion's history and he had the most reigns with the title at three. He also won the Royal Rumble match twice (2003 and 2022), the Money in the Bank ladder match (2019), the King of the Ring tournament (2002), and ended The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak in 2014. He had his retirement match in the main event of Night 1 of SummerSlam in 2026. (Full article...)

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Image 1Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 2On September 23, 2004, the RIAA certified Up! at 11× Platinum, giving Shania Twain the distinction of being the only female artist to have three consecutive diamond albums released in the United States. (from 2000s in music)
Image 3Nintendo DSi XL (2009) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 4Delta Goodrem released her debut album Innocent Eyes in 2003 which became a monster smash hit – it went to No. 1 and stayed for 29 non-consecutive weeks, being certified 14× Platinum for selling over 1 million copies, the second most of all time in Australia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 5Indie rock singer Damian Kulash wearing psychedelic 1960s-inspired clothing, 2006 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 6Aaliyah wearing a bandana and hoop earrings in 2000 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 7Kiff No Beat is an Ivorian hip-hop group from Abidjan. It was formed in 2009, and composed of five members. (from 2000s in music)
Image 8Young American woman in 2007 during the mid-2000s wearing a white miniskirt, a blue bikini top, and sunglasses a brief example how mid-2000s fashion still remained fashionable until 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 9An orchestra performing a Video Games Live event (from 2000s in video games)
Image 10Xbox (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 11Jared Leto wearing slim-fit formal wear; Popular 2008–onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 12Aerosmith toured for every year of the 2000s except 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 13Snake II on a Nokia 3310 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 14Nintendo DS Lite (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 15T-Pain was initially criticized for popularizing autotune, which is now considered an iconic trend of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 16Kylie Minogue is considered the biggest Australian pop act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 17Game Boy Advance (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 18Coldplay is considered to be the most successful British rock act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 19Jennifer Lopez was the first actress and singer in history to have both a film and an album at No. 1 in the same week. (from 2000s in music)
Image 20Paisley handbag associated with the boho-chic look. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 21Wings haircut worn by singer Justin Bieber in 2009. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 22Chunky sneakers of the early 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 23Ayumi Hamasaki was one of the most popular Japanese stars of the 2000s, known as "The Empress of Japanese Pop". (from 2000s in music)
Image 24Game Boy Advance SP (2003) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 25Taylor Swift rose to fame in the late 2000s, with her unique country-pop style, spawning global hits like "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me". (from 2000s in music)
Image 26Nickelback has sold over 50 million albums and was one of the biggest post-grunge bands of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 27Nintendo DSi (2008) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 28Justin Timberlake was one of the best-selling male artists of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 29Shakira was the best selling Latin female artist, also one of the best selling women of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 30Following her 1990's success, Namie Amuro remained popular during this era. (from 2000s in music)
Image 31Beyoncé was one of the best selling female performers of the 2000s.
Image 32GameCube (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 33Enya's 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies. (from 2000s in music)
Image 34Robyn on tour in 2003. (from 2000s in music)
Image 35Californian band Orson in 2006 wearing mid 1960s-inspired apparel (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 36Tattoos and extreme body piercings went mainstream in the late 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 37Swedish actors in 2002 sporting various early 2000s fashions and hairstyles. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 38Anika Moa's debut studio album Thinking Room, released in 2001, reached number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart. (from 2000s in music)
Image 39BoA's No. 1 was the fourth-best-selling record of 2002 in South Korea. (from 2000s in music)
Image 40My Chemical Romance is considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop-punk and emo genres, despite the band rejecting the latter label. (from 2000s in music)
Image 41Janet Jackson was awarded the American Music Awards' Award of Merit in March 2001 for "her finely crafted, critically acclaimed and socially conscious, multi-platinum albums". (from 2000s in music)
Image 42PlayStation 2 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 43Young woman in 2003 wearing a horizontal striped shirt and boot-cut jeans. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 44In 2008, Amy Winehouse tied the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and became the first British woman to win five Grammys. (from 2000s in music)
Image 45Black Muntu is an urban rap group with a massive following across Zambia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 46EyeToy (2003) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 47Lady Gaga's debut album, The Fame (2008), reached No. 1 in Canada, Austria, Germany, United Kingdom and Ireland and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. (from 2000s in music)
Image 48Young woman wearing sundress and Christian Louboutin shoes, 2009. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 49Aria Wallace and Victoria Justice playing Guitar Hero (from 2000s in video games)
Image 50In 2003, Stephon Harris's album The Grand Unification Theory won the Martin E. Segal Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center. (from 2000s in music)

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↑ Ludden D (1998). The newness of globalization: A schematic view of the historical zones of territoriality University of Pennsylvania. Unfinished draft. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Gordon PH; Meunier S (2001). The French challenge: Adapting to globalization. Washington, D.C.: Brookings.
↑ Heizo T; Ryokichi C (1998). "Japan". Domestic Adjustments to Globalization (CE Morrison & H Soesastro, Eds.). Tokyo: Japan Center for International Exchange, pp. 76–102. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
↑ Fry EH (2003). Local governments adapting to globalization. National League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Haarstad, Håvard; Fløysand, Arnt (March 2007). "Globalization and the power of rescaled narratives: A case of opposition to mining in Tambogrande, Peru". Political Geography. 26 (3): 289–308. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.014.

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[1] Ludden D (1998). The newness of globalization: A schematic view of the historical zones of territoriality University of Pennsylvania. Unfinished draft. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Gordon PH; Meunier S (2001). The French challenge: Adapting to globalization. Washington, D.C.: Brookings.

[3] Heizo T; Ryokichi C (1998). "Japan". Domestic Adjustments to Globalization (CE Morrison & H Soesastro, Eds.). Tokyo: Japan Center for International Exchange, pp. 76–102. Retrieved December 30, 2009.

[4] Fry EH (2003). Local governments adapting to globalization. National League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Haarstad, Håvard; Fløysand, Arnt (March 2007). "Globalization and the power of rescaled narratives: A case of opposition to mining in Tambogrande, Peru". Political Geography. 26 (3): 289–308. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.014.

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