Editing 1st millennium (section)

==Events==
''The events in this section are organized according to the [[United Nations geoscheme]]''
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|+Events and trends of the 1st millennium AD
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! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Africa
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Americas
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Asia
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Europe
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Oceania
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! [[1st century]]<!-- from 1 to 100-->
|<!--1st century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[AD 70]]''' [[Amanikhatashan]] sends Kushite cavalry to aid Roman Emperor in Jerusalem revolt<ref>Jr Ph D Grant Bishop Williams(2009). Abraham's Other Sons. AuthorHouse: pp. 50,51. {{ISBN|9781438997094}}</ref><br>'''[[AD 100]]''' Rise of the [[Kingdom of Aksum]] <br>'''[[AD 100]]''' Khoekhoe reach southern coast of Africa<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ehret |first=Christopher |title=The civilizations of Africa: a history to 1800 |date=2002 |publisher=Univ. Press of Virginia |isbn=978-0-8139-2085-6 |edition=1. publ |location=Charlottesville, Va |pages=177}}</ref>
|<!--1st century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 1]]''' [[Cahuachi]] established<ref name=Americas200>{{cite web |title=World Timeline of the Americas 200 BC - AD 600 |publisher=The British Museum |year=2005 |url=http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/200BC-AD600 |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227042137/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/200BC-AD600 |archive-date=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>'''[[AD 50]]''' [[Pyramid of the Sun]] began<ref name = Americas200/>
|<!--1st century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 25]]''' [[Han dynasty]] reestablished under [[Emperor Guangwu of Han|Guangwu]]<br>'''[[AD 33]]''' [[early Christianity|Christianity begins]] <br>'''[[AD 70]]''' [[Jewish diaspora]]
|<!--1st century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[AD 9]]''' [[Rhine]] established as boundary between Rome and Germany<ref name=europe200>{{cite web |title=World Timeline of Europe 200 BC-AD 400 Roman |publisher=The British Museum |year=2005 |url=http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/200BC-AD400 |access-date=2009-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313034346/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/200BC-AD400 |archive-date=2009-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>'''[[AD 47]]''' [[Londinium]] founded<br>'''[[AD 58]]''' Alpes Cottiae becomes a Roman province<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[AD 79]]''' [[Pompeii|Pompeii destroyed]]
|<!--1st century OCEANIA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 1]]''' [[Caroline Islands]] colonized<ref name=oceania1500>{{cite web |title=World Timeline of the Oceania 1500 BC-AD 1 |publisher=The British Museum |year=2005 |url=http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/oceania/1500BC-AD1 |access-date=2009-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121015652/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/oceania/1500BC-AD1 |archive-date=2008-11-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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![[2nd century]] <!-- from 101 to 200-->
|<!--2nd Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[AD 150|150]]''' Rhapta, hint of pre-[[Swahili people|Swahili]], [[Periplus of the Erythraean Sea]]<br> '''[[200]]''' [[Bantu expansion|Bantu reach east Africa]]<ref name=africa332>{{cite web |title=World Timeline of Africa 332 BC-AD 400 |publisher=The British Museum |year=2005 |url=http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/africa/332BC-AD400 |access-date=2009-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224122826/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/africa/332BC-AD400 |archive-date=2009-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>'''[[200]]''' [[Nok culture]] ends
|<!--2nd Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 150|150]]''' [[Cahuachi]] becomes dominant ceremonial site in southern Peru<ref name = Americas200/>
|<!--2nd Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[184]]''' [[Yellow Turban Rebellion]]
|<!--2nd Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[AD 106|106]]''' [[Dacia]] becomes a Roman province<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[166]]''' Siege of Aquileia<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[180]]''' End of the Macromannic Wars<ref name = europe200/>
|<!--2nd Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->&nbsp;
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![[3rd century]] <!-- from 201 to 300-->
|<!--3rd Century AFRICA (limit three) --> '''[[212]]''' Egyptians granted Roman citizenship<ref name = africa332/><br>'''[[230]]''' [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksum]] wars with [[Himyar]] and [[Sabaeans|Saba]] alliance<br>'''[[300]]''' [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksum]] prints own coins 
|<!--3rd Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[250]]''' Rise of [[Laguna de los Cerros]]<br>'''[[292]]''' [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar|Stela 29 inscribed]]<ref name = Americas200 /><br>'''[[300]]''' Tikàl conquers El Mirador<ref name = Americas200/>
|<!--3rd Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[208]]''' [[Battle of Red Cliffs]] during the [[End of the Han dynasty|decline of the Han dynasty]]<br>'''[[280]]''' [[Conquest of Wu by Jin|Jin reunifies China]]
|<!--3rd Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[212]]''' Roman citizenship extended to all free people in the empire<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[214]]''' Hispania divided into Gallaecia, Tarraconensis, Baetica and Lusitania<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[286]]''' Diocletian divides the empire East and West<ref name = europe200/> 
|<!--3rd Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->'''[[300]]''' [[Tahiti|Eastern Polynesian culture develops]]<ref name = oceania1>{{cite web | title = World Timeline of Oceania AD 1-1100 | publisher = The British Museum | year = 2005 | url = http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/oceania/AD1-1100 | access-date = 2009-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090529171108/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/oceania/AD1-1100 | archive-date = 2009-05-29 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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![[4th century]] <!-- from 301 to 400-->
|<!--4th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[333]]''' [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksum]] converts to Christianity<br> '''[[350]]''' [[Meroe|Meroe comes to an end ]]<ref name = africa332/><br> '''[[350]]''' King of Anwar, Kaja Maja 
|<!--4th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[378]]''' [[Teotihuacan]] conquers [[El Perú (Maya site)|Waka]], [[Tikal]], and [[Uaxactun]], the beginning of its conquest of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]<ref name="ngm.nationalgeographic.com">{{Cite web|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2007/08/maya-rise-fall/gugliotta-text|title = National Geographic Magazine}}</ref>
|<!--4th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[319]]''' Rise of [[Gupta Empire]] in South Asia<br>'''[[AD 383|383]]''' [[Battle of Fei River]]<br>'''[[393]]''' Last [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]
|<!--4th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->
'''[[313]]''' [[Edict of Milan]]<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[370]]''' Huns invade Eastern Europe<ref name = europe200/><br>'''[[396]]''' Alaric and the Visigoths invade Greece<ref name = europe200/>
|<!--4th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->&nbsp;
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![[5th century]]<!-- from 401 to 500-->
|<!--5th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[401]]''' c. camel main transport for trans-Sahara <br>'''[[429]]''' [[Vandals#Kingdom in North Africa|Vandal invasion]]<ref name="africa332" /><br>'''[[AD 500|500]]''' [[Nubia]] split into [[Nobadia]], [[Makuria]], [[Alodia]]
|<!--5th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->&nbsp;
|<!--5th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 420|420]]''' [[Northern and Southern dynasties]] period begins 
|<!--5th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[407]]''' Vandals enter Iberia<ref name="europe400">{{cite web|title=World Timeline of Europe AD 400-800 Early medieval |publisher=The British Museum |year=2005 |url=http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/AD400-800 |access-date=2009-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227014820/http://worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/AD400-800 |archive-date=27 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>'''[[421]]''' Romans defeat Persians<ref name="europe400" /><br>'''[[476]]''' [[Fall of the Western Roman Empire]]<ref name="europe400" />
|<!--5th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 500|500]]''' Settlement of [[Hawaii#First human settlement – Ancient Hawaiʻi (1000–1778)|Hawaii]], [[Easter Island#History|Easter Island]], [[Society Islands]], [[History of Tuamotu|Tuamotus]] and [[Mangareva]]<ref name="oceania1" /> 
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![[6th century]] <!-- from 501 to 600-->
|<!--6th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[520]]''' [[Kaleb of Axum|Kaleb]] attacks [[Yemen]]<br> '''[[533]]''' [[Belisarius|Belisarius invades Africa]]<ref name = africa332/><br>'''[[540]]''' Nubia converts to [[monophysite]] Christianity
|<!--6th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[600]]''' [[Wari']] conquer Peru<ref name = Americas600>{{cite web  | title = World Timeline of the Americas AD 600-1000  | publisher = The British Museum  | year = 2005  | url = http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/AD600-1000  | access-date = 2009-04-01  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090227034310/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/AD600-1000  | archive-date = 27 February 2009  | url-status = dead  }}</ref><br>'''[[600]]''' [[Palenque|Construction of Palenque]]<ref name = Americas200/> 
|<!--6th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[538]]''' [[Buddhism]] introduced in Japan.<br>'''[[570]]''' Birth of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]
|<!--6th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[507]]''' Battle of Vouillé<ref name = europe400/><br>'''[[535]]''' Byzantine army invades Italy<ref name = europe400/><br>'''[[585]]''' Visigoths conquer Suevi kingdom<ref name = europe400/>
|<!--6th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->&nbsp;
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![[7th century]]<!-- from 601 to 700-->
|<!--7th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[641]]''' [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb|Muslims invade Africa]]<ref name="africa600">{{cite web| title= World Timeline of Africa AD 600-1500| publisher= The British Museum| year= 2005| url= http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/africa/AD600-1500| access-date= 2009-04-02| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090313185620/http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/africa/AD600-1500| archive-date= 2009-03-13| url-status= dead}}</ref><br>'''[[690]]''' [[Songhai Empire|Za dynasty founded]]<br> '''[[697]]''' [[Carthage#Islamic conquests|Carthage destroyed]]<ref name="africa600" />
|<!--7th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[650]]''' Settlement of [[Xochitecatl]] and [[Cacaxtla]]<ref name="Americas600" /><br>'''[[700]]''' [[Teotihuacan]] destroyed<ref name="Americas600" />
|<!--7th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[618]]''' [[Tang dynasty]] [[Transition from Sui to Tang|established]]<br>'''[[632]]''' Rise of [[Islam]]<br>'''[[651]]''' [[Islamic conquest of Persia]]
|<!--7th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->c.'''[[680]]''' [[First Bulgarian Empire]] is founded
|<!--7th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->'''[[700]]''' [[History of the Cook Islands|Settlement of the Cook Islands]]<ref name="oceania1" />
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![[8th century]]<!-- from 701 to 800-->
|<!--8th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[702]]''' [[Kingdom of Aksum#Foreign relations, trade, and economy|Aksum attacks Arabia]]<ref name="africa600" /> <br>'''[[706]]''' [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Arabic in Egypt]]<ref name="africa600" /><br>'''[[789]]''' [[Idrisid dynasty|Independent Morocco]]<ref name="africa600" />
|<!--8th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[738]]''' [[Quiriguá]] becomes independent of [[Copan]]
'''[[750]]''' [[Sacred Cenote]] built at [[Chichén Itzá]]<ref name="Americas600" /><br>'''[[780]]''' Murals at [[Bonampak]] abandoned<ref name="Americas600" />
|<!--8th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[738]]''' [[Caliphate campaigns in India]] and invasion of India by [[Umayyad Caliphate]] is averted <br>'''[[755]]''' [[An Lushan Rebellion|An Shi Rebellion]]
|<!--8th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[717]]''' [[Siege of Constantinople (717–718)|Siege of Constantinople]]<br>'''[[718]]''' [[Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula]]
c.'''[[722]]''' [[Reconquista]] begins
|<!--8th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->&nbsp;
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![[9th century]] <!-- from 801 to 900-->&nbsp;
|<!--9th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[801]]''' c. [[Kanem Empire]] founded<br>'''[[801]]'''c. Aksum declines, capital moved to interior<br>'''[[900]]'''c. [[Igbo-Ukwu]] founded<ref>Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine. The History of African Cities South of the Sahara. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2005, p. 45, {{ISBN|1-55876-303-1}}</ref>
|<!--9th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->c.'''[[830]]''' [[Classic Maya collapse]]
|<!--9th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[835]]''' [[Ganlu Incident]]
|<!--9th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[872]]''' [[Battle of Hafrsfjord]] helped  [[Unification of Norway|unified Norway]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Joys, Charles |author2=Enander, Henrik |display-authors=et al |date=19 September 2017 |title=Norway: Earliest Peoples - The Vikings |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Norway/Earliest-peoples#ref188684 |accessdate=10 January 2018 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref><br>c.'''[[874]]''' [[Settlement of Iceland]]<br>'''[[896]]''' [[Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin]]
|<!--9th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->
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![[10th century]]<!-- from 901 to 1000-->
|<!--10th Century AFRICA (limit three) -->'''[[905]]''' [[Tulunids]] ejected<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite web |title=Ṭūlūnid Dynasty {{!}} Arabic Caliphate, Abbasid Rule, Egypt {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tulunid-dynasty |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="africa600" /><br>'''[[909]]''' [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid established]]<ref name="africa600" /><br>'''[[969]]''' [[Fustat|Fustat captured]]<ref name="africa600" />
|<!--10th Century AMERICA (limit three)-->'''[[950]]''' [[Great Serpent Mound]] constructed<ref name="Americas600" /><br>'''[[990]]''' Toltecs conquer [[Chichen Itza]]
|<!--10th Century ASIA (limit three)-->'''[[907]]''' Political upheaval of the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period|Five Dynasties]] begins<br>'''[[960]]''' [[Song dynasty]] established
|<!--10th Century EUROPE (limit three)-->'''[[958]]''' [[Jelling stones|Denmark unites]]<br>'''[[985]]''' Erik the Red founds colony in Greenland
|<!--10th Century OCEANIA (limit three)-->'''[[AD 1000]]''' Polynesians build stone temples<ref name="oceania1" />
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