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The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1 AD, and ended on December 31, 1000, of the Julian calendar. This millennium is the beginning of the Anno Domini/Common Era for this calendar.
In Mesoamerica, the first millennium was a period of enormous growth known as the Classic Era (200 CE – 900 CE). Teotihuacan grew into a metropolis and its empire dominated Mesoamerica. In South America, pre-Incan, coastal cultures 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 by the people, who accumulated agricultural surpluses with the cultivation of maize. Cahokia, the largest, was based in present-day Illinois, and may have had 30,000 residents at its peak about 1250 CE. It was a regional chiefdom, a political and religious center, with a trading network and influence reaching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The people built a series of platform and other shaped earthwork mounds that constituted the largest earthworks north of Mexico. The circumference of the 10-story high Monks Mound at Cahokia was larger than that of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan or the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
In Eastern Asia, the first millennium was also a time of great cultural advances. In Japan, a sharp increase in population followed when farmers' use of iron tools increased their productivity and crop yields. The Yamato court was established. The adoption of Buddhism and Confucianism contributed significantly to Japan's artists, social and political transformations.
In Western Asia, the first millennium saw a time of great advancement known as the Islamic Golden Age (700–1200 C.E).
In Europe, the first millennium was a time of great transition. The Fall of Rome in 476 CE brought an end to Classical antiquity and ushered in the Early Middle Ages. This was a period of great migrations, including the Viking expansion.
World population, which had tripled over the preceding millennium, grew more slowly during the first millennium and may have diminished. One optimistic estimate is that the world's population rose from approximately 170 to 300 million, but other estimates vary; one estimate suggests that the world population actually declined from 400 million people to 250 million people.
Civilizations, kingdoms and dynasties[]
The civilizations, kingdoms and dynasties in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
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Events[]
The events in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
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1st century | 1 Cahuachi established[1] 50 Pyramid of the Sun began[1] |
33 Christianity begins 70 Jewish diaspora |
9 Rhine established as boundary between Rome and Germany[2] 47 London founded 58 Alpes Cottiae becomes a Roman province[2] 79 Pompeii destroyed |
1 Caroline Islands colonized[3] | |
2nd Century | 200 Bantu reach east Africa[4] 212 Egyptians granted Roman citizenship[4] |
150 Cahuachi becomes dominant ceremonial site in southern Peru[1] | 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion | 106 Dacia becomes a Roman province[2] 166 Siege of Aquileia[2] 180 End of the Macromannic Wars[2] |
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3rd Century | 250 Rise of Laguna de los Cerros 292 Stela 29 inscribed[1] 300 Tikàl conquers El Mirador[1] |
212 Roman citizenship extended to all free people in the empire[2] 214 Hispania divided into Gallaecia, Tarraconensis, Baetica and Lusitania[2] 286 Diocletian divides the empire East and West[2] |
300 Eastern Polynesian culture develops[5] | ||
4th Century | 350 Meroe invasion[4] | 393 Last Olympic Games |
313 Edict of Milan[2] |
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5th Century | 429 Vandal invasion[4] | 407 Vandals enter Iberia[6] 421 Romans defeat Persians[6] 476 Fall of Roman Empire[6] |
500 Settlement of Hawaii, Easter Island, Society Islands, Tuamotus and Mangareva[5] | ||
6th Century | 533 Belisarius invades Africa[4] | 600 Wari' conquer Peru[7] 600 Construction of Palenque[1] |
538 Buddhism introduced in Japan | 507 Battle of Vouillé[6] 535 Byzantine army invades Italy [6] 585 Visigoths conquer Suevi kingdom[6] |
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7th Century | 641 Muslims invade Africa[8] 697 Carthage destroyed[8] |
650 Settlement of Xochitecatl and Cacaxtla[7] 700 Teotihuacan destroyed[7] |
632 Rise of Islam 651 Islamic conquest of Persia |
c.680 Bulgarian Empire was founded; | 700 Settlement of the Cook Islands[5] |
8th Century | 702 Ethiopia attacks Arabia[8] 706 Arabic in Egypt [8] 789 Independent Morocco[8] |
750 Sacred Cenote built at Chichén Itzá[7] 780 Murals at Bonampak abandoned[7] |
717 Siege of Constantinople 718 Islamic conquest of Spain |
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9th Century | 896 Hungarians invade Carpathia | 872 Norway unites | 900 Settlement of New Zealand[5] | ||
10th Century | 905 Tulunids ejected[8] 909 Fatimid established[8] 969 Fustat captured[8] |
950 Great Serpent Mound constructed[7] 990 Toltecs conquer Chichén Itzá |
958 Denmark unites 985 Erik the Red founds colony in Greenland |
1000 Polynesians build stone temples[5] |
Significant people[]
The people in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
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1st Century | Jesus of Nazareth[9] Paul of Tarsus[10] |
Caesar Augustus[11] Pliny the Elder |
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2nd Century | Septimius Severus[4] | Yax Moch Xoc[1] | Cai Lun[12] Zhang Heng |
Plutarch Ptolemy Commodus |
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3rd Century | Macrinus[4] King Aphilas of Aksum[4] |
Curl Snout[1] | Mani[13] | Diocletian[4] | |
4th Century | Empress Jingū Chandragupta II |
Constantine I[14] | |||
5th Century | Augustine of Hippo[15] | K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'[1] | Attila the Hun Aryabhata |
Geiseric[4] | Hawaiiloa |
6th Century | Gelimer[4] Saint Frumentius[4] |
Khosrau I | Clovis I Theodoric the Great Justinian I[16] |
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7th Century | Gregory the Patrician[8] | K'inich Janaab' Pakal[7] Waxaklahùn Ubàh K'awìl[7] |
Emperor Wen of Sui[17] Muhammad[18] Umar[19] |
Saint Isidore of Seville Kubrat Asparukh |
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8th Century | Abi Ishaq Li Bai |
Saint Bede Charles Martel Tervel |
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9th Century | Geber Al-Khwārizmī |
Charlemagne[20] Alfred the Great Krum |
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10th Century | Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah | Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl | Al Battani | Simeon I Otto the Great Bjarni Herjólfsson Erik the Red[7] |
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Inventions, discoveries, introductions[]
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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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "World Timeline of the Americas 200 BC - AD 600". The British Museum. 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5gka7Jehx. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "World Timeline of Europe 200 BC-AD 400 Roman". The British Museum. 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5gka6w6Op. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ↑ "World Timeline of the Oceania 1500 BC-AD 1". The British Museum. 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5gka6WdlD. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 "World Timeline of Africa 332 BC-AD 400". The British Museum. 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5gka68709. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "World Timeline of Oceania AD 1-1100". The British Museum. 2005. http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/oceania/AD1-1100. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "World Timeline of Europe AD 400-800 Early medieval". The British Museum. 2005. http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/AD400-800. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 "World Timeline of the Americas AD 600-1000". The British Museum. 2005. http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/americas/AD600-1000. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 "World Timeline of Africa AD 600-1500". The British Museum. 2005. http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/africa/AD600-1500. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Jesus is ranked Number 3
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. St. Paul is ranked Number 6
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Augustus Caesar is ranked Number 18
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Ts'ai Lun is ranked Number 7
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Mani is ranked Number 83
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Constantine is ranked Number 21
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. St. Augustine is ranked Number 54
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Justinian I is ranked Number 99
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Zu Wen Ti is ranked Number 85
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Muhammed is ranked Number 1
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Umar ibn al-Khattab is ranked Number 52
- ↑ Hart, Michael H. (2000). The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History. Citadel. ISBN 0806513500. Charlemagne is ranked Number 97
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Who Built it First". Ancient Discoveries. A&E Television Networks. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5gka7inaW. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
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