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| c. 987 |
| | Vladimir, the prince of Kiev, decides that Greek Orthodoxy is the most suitable religion for the Russian people | |
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| 991 |
| | New waves of Danes, raiding into the English territory of Danelaw, are bought off by Ethelred with Danegeld | |
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| c. 995 |
| | Sei Shonagon, a lady-in-waiting to the Japanese empress, records her thoughts and impressions in her Pillow Book | |
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| 999 |
| | Mahmud, a Turk, builds an empire based on Ghazni (in modern Afghanistan) | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | Iceland's parliament, the althing, passes a resolution that everyone on the island is to be baptized | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | A Muslim dynasty is established at Gao, on the Niger | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | Buddhist, Hindu and Jain shrines are carved from the rock in the cave temples of Ellora, in India | |
| | Ellora, courtyard Fotofile CG
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| c. 1000 |
| | The Jews, barred from any work which Christians want to do, find profitable employment as money-lenders | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | The first illustrated manual of surgery is written by Abul Kasim, an Arab physician in Cordoba | |
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| c. 1000? |
| | The huge stone heads standing on Easter Island are carved and erected at some time between the sixth and seventeenth century AD | |
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