Gold's official role in the international monetary…
1972 CE to 1983 CE
Gold's official role in the international monetary system ends by the 1970s, but the metal remains a highly regarded reserve asset: approximately forty-five percent of all the world's gold is held by governments and central banks for this purpose.
All nations continue to accept gold as a medium of international payment.
Cyprus is formally divided, with ethnic Turks controlling the island’s northeastern third and ethnic Greeks controlling the rest.
Greece forms a socialist government.
Nationalistic communist governments, increasingly independent of communist party lines, form in Albania, Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Smallpox is officially eradicated from the globe in October 1979.
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Laotian Civil War
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Angolan War of Independence
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American Anti-War Movement
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Chadian Civil War of 1965-96
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Muslim Brotherhood: Syria
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Free Papua Movement
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Namibian War of Independence
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Black Panthers in America
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ELN Insurgency: Colombia
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Black Power
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South African Border War
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Naxalitism
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Tupamaros' Reign of Terror
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Communist Insurgency War, or Second Malayan Emergency
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Troubles, The
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Sahel: Famine of 1968-72
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Basque War for Independence
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FARC Insurgency: Colombia
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Philippines, Insurgency in the
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Gang of Four
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Northern Ireland Civil War of 1969-98
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NPA Rebellion: Philippines
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Cambodian Civil War of 1970-75
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Baader-Meinhof Gang/RAF
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White Revolution (India)
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Moroccan Rebellion
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Rhodesian Civil War of 1971-80
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Moro Rebellion
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Chilean Coup
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Western Sahara War
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Balochistan Insurgency
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Jumma Insurgency: Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi Civil War of 1973-97
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Carnation Revolution, or AFM Coup in Portugual
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Malian-Upper Voltan War
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Ethiopian Civil War
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Indonesian invasion of East Timor
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Syrian Revolt
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Lebanese Civil War
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South African Rebellion
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Saharan War
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Cambodia: Famine of 1975-79
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Mozambican Civil and Guerilla Wars of 1976-92
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Dirty War
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Salvadoran Insurgency
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Kampuchean-Thai Border War
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Laotian Guerilla War of 1977-90
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Uganda-Tanzania War
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Zaire Rebellion
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SSDF Insurgency: Somalia
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Drug War: Colombia
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Nicaraguan Civil War of 1978-79
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Ugandan Civil War of 1978-79
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Iranian Revolution
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Red Brigades Terrorism: Italy
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Chadian-Libyan conflict
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Soviet Occupation: Afghanistan
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Sino-Vietnamese War
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Vietnamese Raids: Thailand
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Ugandan Rebellion
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Bakalori Protests in Nigeria
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Kurdistan Movement, Second
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Internal Conflict in Peru
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Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88 (Persian Gulf War of 1980-88)
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Salvadoran Civil War
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Honduran Rebellion
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Mozambique Rebellion
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Shining Path Rebellion
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West Nile Terror: Uganda
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Solidarity Movement: Poland
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Zimbabwe Rebellion
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Contra Insurgency: Nicaragua
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Ugandan Bush War
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Honduran Guerilla War of 1981-90
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Nicaraguan Civil War of 1982-90
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SNM Insurgency: Somalia
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Somalia & Toxic Waste
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PLO Terror
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Sri Lankan Civil War
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Sudanese Revolt
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GAL Terrorism: Spain
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Sudanese Civil War, Second
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