Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in Western Europe. An unknown event causes the decline of the Maya Classical Era. Beowulf might have been written down in this century; alternatively, it could also have been in the 8th century. Large-scale Viking attacks on Europe begin, devastating countless numbers of people. Oseberg ship burial. The Magyars begin their conquest of Pannonia (roughly modern-day Hungary), a process that will take several decades to be completed. The Tukolor settle in the Senegal river valley. Muslim traders settle in the northwest and southeast of Madagascar. In Italy, some cities became free republics: for instance Forlì, in 889. The Christian Nubian kingdom reaches its peak of prosperity and military power. (Early history of Sudan). Harald Fairhair was victorious at the Battle of Hafrsfjord, and Norway was unified into one kingdom. The Medieval Warm Period begins. The Coptic period, at its most broad definition, ends. Page from Koran (Surah II:286 and title Surah III) in kufic script, from Syria, is made. Now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Reign of Charlemagne, and concurrent (and controversially labeled) Carolingian Renaissance in Western Europe. An unknown event causes the decline of the Maya Classical Era. Beowulf might have been written down in this century; alternatively, it could also have been in the 8th century. Large-scale Viking attacks on Europe begin, devastating countless numbers of people. Oseberg ship burial. The Magyars begin their conquest of Pannonia (roughly modern-day Hungary), a process that will take several decades to be completed. The Tukolor settle in the Senegal river valley. Muslim traders settle in the northwest and southeast of Madagascar. In Italy, some cities became free republics: for instance Forlì, in 889. The Christian Nubian kingdo?m reaches its peak of prosperity and military power. (Early history of Sudan). Harald Fairhair was victorious at the Battle of Hafrsfjord, and Norway wa!s unified into one kingdom. The Medieval Warm Period begins. The Coptic period, at its most broad definition, ends. Page from Koran (Surah II:286 and title Surah III) in kufic script, from Syria, is made. Now kept at The Metropolitan Mu!seum of Art, New York.