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| Indian
mathematician,
Sridhara, discovers the number zero. Leif Ericsson hazards upon North America in a storm. |
1000 |
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999 |
Much of the Western world panics, fearing the end of the world. | |
| Court physician and surgeon, Abual Qasim, compiles al-Tasrif, manual of surgery. | 986 |
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| First Chinese encyclopedia completed. | 984 |
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| Arabs supplant Roman numerals with arabic numbers in Europe. | 975 |
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| Hospital with physicians, nurses, and a pharmacy established in Baghdad. | 970 |
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950 |
Europe enters Dark Ages. | |
| Vietnam gains independence from China. | 939 |
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| Ibn Doreid publishes Manual of Genealogy and Etymology. | 904 |
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| Broad-breast collar dramatically improves efficiency of draft animals. | 901 |
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879 |
The pope and
patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate each other. Russian Orthodox Church establishes -5508 as the date of the creation of the world. |
| May 11 The world's first dated book, the Diamond Sutra, a scroll of Buddhist scriptures, printed in China. | 868 |
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| Cyril and Methodius develop the Cyrillic alphabet. | 863 |
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| Arabs invent the
astrolobe. Arab goatherd, Kaidi, discovers coffee. |
850 |
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| Persian mathematician Mûusâ al-Khowârizm writes book on arithmetic procedures. | 835 |
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801 |
Vikings begin selling slaves to Muslims. | |
| Charlemagne
condemns worship of images. Japan ushers in its golden age of culture. |
794 |
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787 |
Second Council of Nicaea makes anathema anyone refuses to worship icons or rejects any tradition of the Catholic Churcn. | |
| Earliest Japanese prints produced. | 779 |
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| Baghdad founded, Arab-Moslem Golden Age begins. | 762 |
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| Chinese emporer Xuanzong makes his court a center of art and learning. | 713 |
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| Yashumaru Ono completes Kojiki, the first history of Japan. | 712 |
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701 |
Japanese emperor, Momu, appropriates all of the country's land. | |
695 |
Spain begins persecution of Jews. | |
| Book printing begins in China. | 600 |
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629 |
Muslim code of law, the Sharia, severely restricts rights of women, prescribes severe punishment for crimes, allows inhumane practices, and forbids entertainment and art portraying the human body. | |
611 |
Mohammad announces revelation of one, true god. | |
| Slavic agricultural inventions dramatically increase food production. | 598 |
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550 |
Wales is converted to Christianity. | |
| First Welsh poets appear. | 540 |
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| First oil wells drilled in China. | 347 | |
| 325 | First Council of Nicea makes anathema anyone who does not believe in specifics of the existence of God. | |
| 64 | Fire destroys Rome. | |
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