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History

1000

Population: 254 Million*

Architecture: "Bridge of Ten Thousand Ages" in China
Start of period of architecture known as Romanesque until about 1100
Entertainment: "Diary of a May-Fly" written by anonymous Japanese lady
"Beowulf" written in Old English
Japanese woman writes "The Pillow Book" about Japanese court
Musical notation improved
Mathematics: Indian mathematician Sridhara recognizes the importance of the zero
Arabs spread decimal system to Spain
Religion: Spiritual center of Judaism switches from Mesopotamia to Spain
Widespread fear of the end of the world and judgment day
Technology: Chinese perfect gunpowder
Spinning wheels used in China
First moveable type created in China
Travel: Several attempts to fly or float aborted
Deaths: Roswitha of Gandersheim the German nun and playwright, King Olaf I of Norway,

General: Molded pottery in Central and North America
Arctic: Thule Eskimos begin to migrate into eastern Arctic
North America: Viking Biarni Heriulfsson blown off course and sights coast of North America
Increase of influence of Toltecs and the city of Tula
Norse Greenlanders found short lived settlement in Newfoundland this decade
Fading of Maya power in N Mexico - Tikal diminished and cities abandoned
Leif Ericson reaches Nova Scotia and N America
Climax of Yucatan peninsula
South America: Farmers in Peru grow sweet potatoes and corn
Tishuanaco civilization extends all over Peru
Collapse of Tiahuanaco and Huari empires
Chimú empire develops around Chan Chan in Northern Peru

Burma: End of Mon Kingdom (early)
Ceylon: King Rajaraja of the Chola dynasty conquers Ceylon
China: Chinese perfect gunpowder and begin to use it in warfare
Foot binding begins in Song Dynasty of China to keep feet small
Ghazni: Culture flourishes in Ghazni
India: Buddhism fades as Hinduism returns and Islam spreads
Java: Shiwa temple in Java
Tibet: Tibetan Tangut peoples found the Xixia state - Tibetan Empire ends this century

General: Population centers move toward towns ending the feudal system
Serfdom in Europe because slavery banned by Christians
European population reaches 42 million
Vikings use runes
Start of Wars of Scandanavia to 1227
Bohemia: Bohemia and Moracia united
England: Ethelred II ravages Cumberland and Anglesey
Saxons settle at Bristol
The Danegeld created – English tax
France: Abbey of St. Hilaire in Poitiers
Frisia: Frisians build dykes against floods
German States: Arabs and Jews become court physicians
Greenland: Christianity reaches Greenland
Holy Roman Empire: Emperor Otto III makes Rome his permanent residence
Empire reaches peak
Hungary: Rule of Stephen, first of Arpad (Magyar) dynasty of Hungary – accepts Christianity
King Stephen of Hungary receives from the pope title of Apostolic Majesty
Monastery of Gran founded
Pope Sylvester gives King Stephen of Hungary crown for Christmas Day coronation
Iceland: Christianity reaches Iceland
Approximate date a very large Icelandic eruption – Katla volcano
Italian States: Italian towns become city-states
Venice rules over Dalmatian coast and Adriatic Sea
Artistic revival in Italy with fresco and mosaic paintings
S. Pietro made in Perugia
Start of independent city-state of Genoa to 1797
Norway: King Olaf I of Norway killed by Sweyn in Battle of Svolder and Norway becomes Danish
Poland: Piasts rule in Poland
Archbishop of Gniezno established
Spanish States: Sancho III the Great of Navarre
Start of Kingdom of Castile to 1479