2002
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.
| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 2002 MMII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2755 |
| Armenian calendar | 1451 ԹՎ ՌՆԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6752 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 158–159 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1923–1924 |
| Bengali calendar | 1409 |
| Berber calendar | 2952 |
| British Regnal year | 50 Eliz. 2 – 51 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2546 |
| Burmese calendar | 1364 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7510–7511 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4699 or 4492 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4700 or 4493 |
| Coptic calendar | 1718–1719 |
| Discordian calendar | 3168 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1994–1995 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5762–5763 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2058–2059 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1923–1924 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5102–5103 |
| Holocene calendar | 12002 |
| Igbo calendar | 1002–1003 |
| Iranian calendar | 1380–1381 |
| Islamic calendar | 1422–1423 |
| Japanese calendar | Heisei 14 (平成１４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1934–1935 |
| Juche calendar | 91 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4335 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 91 民國91年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 534 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2545 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 2128 or 1747 or 975 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 2129 or 1748 or 976 |
| Unix time | 1009843200 – 1041379199 |
| 2002 by topic |
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After the September 11 attacks of the previous year, foreign policy and international relations were generally united in combatting al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. The United States especially was a leading force in combatting terrorist groups. 2002 also saw the signing and establishment of many international agreements and institutions, most notably the International Criminal Court, the African Union, the Russian-American Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, and the Eurozone.
The global economy, partly due to the September 11 attacks, generally stagnated or declined. Stock indices, such as the American Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Japanese Nikkei 225 both ended the year lower than they had started. In the later parts of 2002, the world saw the beginning of a SARS epidemic, which would go on to affect mostly China, Europe, and North America.