• Shia Fatimids began to make gold coins [950]. Their demand for gold led to increased trade with Ghana in West Africa. They took Egypt and moved their capital to Cairo [969].
• The Saxon king of the East Franks [Otto I] gained Italy by marriage [951], ended Magyar raids [955], and conquered Bohemia [962]. The Pope crowned him emperor [962].
• England expelled the Danes [954].
• The Song reunited China and ruled for 300 years [960/1279].
• Byzantium took most of Bulgaria [972]. Some Bulgars moved away and formed a new kingdom [986].
• The Capet family began an 800-year rule in West Francia, the future France [987/1792].
• Sailors from Tahiti [Malay] settled New Zealand [980]. Norse sailors settled Greenland [986].
• Kiev adopted Byzantine Christianity and the Cyrillic alphabet [988].