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10th century

Published on Thursday, March 23rd 2006. Edited by Hip Hitlabcat, Seattle, United States.

Millennium: 1st millennium

Centuries: 9th century · 10th century · 11th century

Decades: 900s 910s 920s 930s 940s 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s

Categories: Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 10th century AD.

Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 10th century AD.

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.

Overview

The tenth century is usually regarded as a low point in European history. In China it was also a period of political upheaval. In the Muslim World, however, it was a cultural zenith, especially in Spain. Also it was the zenith for the Byzantine and Bulgarian Empires.

Medievalist and historian of technology Lynn White said that “to the modern eye, it is very nearly the darkest of the Dark Ages”, but concluded that “… if it was dark, it was the darkness of the womb.” Similarly, Helen Waddell wrote that the tenth century was that which “in the textbooks disputes with the seventh the bad eminence, the nadir of the human intellect.” Even in the fifteenth century, Lorenzo Valla described it as the Century of Lead and Iron.

Events

This statue of a yogini goddess was created in Kaveripakkam in Tamil Nadu, India, during the 10th century.

This statue of a yogini goddess was created in Kaveripakkam in Tamil Nadu, India, during the 10th century.

The Bulgarian victory at Anchialos.

The Bulgarian victory at Anchialos.

Significant people

Half-section of the Night Revels of Han Xizai, by Chinese artist Gu Hongzhong, 10th century. A women is seen entertaining guests with a pipa on the right-hand side.

Half-section of the Night Revels of Han Xizai, by Chinese artist Gu Hongzhong, 10th century. A women is seen entertaining guests with a pipa on the right-hand side.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Earliest known representation of a gun (a fire lance) and a grenade (upper right), from the cave murals of Dunhuang, China, 10th century.

Earliest known representation of a gun (a fire lance) and a grenade (upper right), from the cave murals of Dunhuang, China, 10th century.

Decades and years

Decades and years

10th century 8th century←9th century← ↔ →11th century→12th century

890s 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899

900s 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909

910s 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919

920s 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929

930s 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939

940s 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949

950s 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959

960s 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969

970s 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979

980s 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989

990s 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999

1000s 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009

Centuries and millennia

Millennium Century

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3rd 30th 29th 28th 27th 26th 25th 24th 23rd 22nd 21st

2nd 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th

1st 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st

AD

1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

2nd 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th

3rd 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th

4th 31st

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