1st millennium

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Millennia:
Centuries
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Jesus ChristRoman EmpireGreat Mosque of MeccaChessAttila the HunEruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 ADEarly Middle AgesTeotihuacanPilate's court
From top left, clockwise: Depiction of
Hunnic Empire, which takes most of Eastern Europe (Background: Reproduction of ancient mural from Teotihuacan, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
)
Map of the world in 1 AD, at the beginning of the new millennium.

The first millennium of the

world population rose more slowly than during the preceding millennium, from about 200 million in the year 1 to about 300 million in the year 1000.[2]

In Western Eurasia (

Late Antiquity, the rise of Christianity and the Great Migrations. The second half of the millennium is characterized as the Early Middle Ages in Europe, and marked by the Viking expansion in the west, and the continuation of the Byzantine Empire
(Eastern Roman Empire) in the east.

In

(700–1200).

In

flourished, producing impressive metalwork and some of the finest pottery seen in the ancient world. In North America, the Mississippian culture rose at the end of the millennium in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. Numerous cities were built; Cahokia, the largest, was based in present-day Illinois. The construction of Monks Mound at Cahokia was begun in 900–950.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the Bantu expansion reaches Southern Africa by about the 5th century. The

trans Saharan slave trade spans the Sahara and the Swahili coast
by the 9th century.

Civilizations, kingdoms and dynasties

Kingdoms and civilizations of the 1st millennium AD
Africa Asia / Oceania Europe Pre-Columbian Americas
North Africa
East Africa
Sahara / West Africa
Central / Southern Africa
West Asia
East Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Oceania
Southeastern Europe
Italy
Iberia
Western / Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe


Mesoamerica
South America
North America


Events

The events in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme

Events and trends of the 1st millennium AD
  Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
1st century AD 70 Kandake Amanikhatashan sends Kushite cavalry to aid Roman Emperor in Jerusalem revolt[3]
AD 100 rise of the Aksum
AD 100 Khoekhoe reach southern coast of Africa[4]
AD 1 Cahuachi established[5]
AD 50 Pyramid of the Sun began[5]
Han Dynasty reestablished under Guangwu
AD 33 Christianity begins
AD 70 Jewish diaspora

London founded
AD 58 Alpes Cottiae becomes a Roman province[6]
AD 79 Pompeii destroyed
AD 1 Caroline Islands colonized[7]
2nd century 150 Rhapta, hint of pre-Swahili, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
200 Bantu reach east Africa[8]
200 Nok culture ends
150 Cahuachi becomes dominant ceremonial site in southern Peru[5] 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion 106 Dacia becomes a Roman province[6]
166 Siege of Aquileia[6]
180 End of the Macromannic Wars[6]
 
  Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
3rd century
Himyar and Saba alliance
300 Aksum
prints own coins
250 Rise of Laguna de los Cerros
292 Stela 29 inscribed[5]
300 Tikàl conquers El Mirador[5]
decline of the Han Dynasty
280 Jin reunifies China
212 Roman citizenship extended to all free people in the empire[6]
214 Hispania divided into Gallaecia, Tarraconensis, Baetica and Lusitania[6]
286 Diocletian divides the empire East and West[6]
300 Eastern Polynesian culture develops[9]
4th century
Meroe comes to an end [8]
350
King of Anwar, Kaja Maja
378 Teotihuacan conquers Waka, Tikal, and Uaxactun, the beginning of its conquest of the Maya[10] 319 Rise of Gupta Empire in South Asia
383 Battle of Fei River
393 Last Olympic Games

313 Edict of Milan[6]
370 Huns invade Eastern Europe[6]
396 Alaric and the Visigoths invade Greece[6]

 
  Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
5th century
Nobadia, Makuria, Alodia
 
Southern and Northern Dynasties
period begins
Fall of Roman Empire[11]
Tuamotus and Mangareva[9]
6th century
monophysite
Christianity
538 Buddhism introduced in Japan.
570 Birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
507 Battle of Vouillé[11]
535 Byzantine army invades Italy[11]
585 Visigoths conquer Suevi kingdom[11]
 
  Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
7th century 641 Muslims invade Africa[13]
690 Za Dynasty founded
697 Carthage destroyed[13]
650 Settlement of Xochitecatl and Cacaxtla[12]
700 Teotihuacan destroyed[12]
Islamic conquest of Persia
c.680 Bulgarian Empire is founded 700 Settlement of the Cook Islands[9]
8th century 702 Aksum attacks Arabia[13]
706 Arabic in Egypt[13]
789 Independent Morocco[13]
Copan

Chichén Itzá[12]
780 Murals at Bonampak abandoned[12]

An Shi Rebellion
Islamic conquest of Spain
 
  Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
9th century  
Kanem Empire founded
801c. Aksum declines, capital moved to interior
900c. Igbo-Ukwu founded[14]
 
Ganlu Incident
872 Norway unites
c.874 Settlement of Iceland
896 Hungarians invade Carpathia
10th century 905 Tulunids ejected[13]
909 Fatimid established[13]
969 Fustat captured[13]
Chichén Itzá
907 Political upheaval of the Five Dynasties begins
960 Song dynasty established
958 Denmark unites
985 Erik the Red founds colony in Greenland
1000 Polynesians build stone temples[9]

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Inventions, discoveries and introductions
Communication Math and Science Agriculture Transportation Warfare
  1. Woodblock printing
  2. Paper[15]
  3. Quipu
  1. Algebra
  2. Ptolemaic system
  3. Steel
  1. Coffee
  2. Hops
  1. Horseshoe
  2. Stirrup
  3. Magnetic compass
  1. Greek fire
  2. Gunpowder[15]

Centuries and decades

1st century 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
2nd century 100s 110s 120s 130s 140s 150s 160s 170s 180s 190s
3rd century 200s 210s 220s 230s 240s 250s 260s 270s 280s 290s
4th century 300s 310s 320s 330s 340s 350s 360s 370s 380s 390s
5th century 400s 410s 420s 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s
6th century 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
7th century 600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s
8th century 700s 710s 720s 730s 740s 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s
9th century 800s 810s 820s 830s 840s 850s 860s 870s 880s 890s
10th century 900s 910s 920s 930s 940s 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s

References

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  2. ). Goldewijk et al. (2011) estimate 188 million as of the year 1, citing a literature range of 170 million (low) to 300 million (high). Out of the estimated 188 million, 116 million are estimated for Asia (
    Western Asia
    ), 44 million for Europe and the
    and South America. North America and Oceania were at or below one million. For 1000, they estimate the world population at 295 million . [1]
  3. .
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