My wife's student asked: "Is it ok if I quote a few papers from the end of the last century?"
Made me feel very old indeed!
I always use 'last millennium'. Makes it feel even worse.
It's called papyrus!
I still miss the clay tablet culture.
Meh - I'd say the previous one was much more important. Napoleon upending Europe's political & social order, similar in China as the Qing put down the White Lotus Rebellion, Volta inventing the electric battery, ...
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You mean the previous previous one?
Yeah, I guess so. My memory just ain't so good as it was, back in the day...