 ==africa== *fatimid caliphate â , caliph (953â975) ==americas==  ==asia== *byzantine empire â john i tzimiskes (ÎÏÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï Î' ÎÎ¿ÏÏÎºÎ¿ÏÎ±Ï Î¿ Î¤ÏÎ¹Î¼Î¹ÏÎºÎ®Ï) (969â976) *china â **northern song dynasty â emperor taizu (960â976) **dingnan jiedushi â li kerui (967â978) **northern han â liu jiyuan (970â979) **pinghai jiedushi â chen hongjin (963â978) **southern han â ***liu chang (958â971) ***conquered by northern song dynasty **southern tang â li houzhu (961â975) **wuyue â qian chu (947â978) *japan (heian period) â **monarch â emperor en'yÅ« (969â984) **regent (sesshÅ) â fujiwara no koretada, sesshÅ (970â972) *korea (goryeo kingdom) â gwangjong (949â975) *liao (khitan empire) â emperor jingzong (969â982) ==europe== *bulgaria - boris ii, tsar of bulgaria (969&ndash;971) *kingdom of burgundy - conrad the peaceful (937&ndash;993) **county of provence - ***rotbold ii (968&ndash;1008) ***william i (968&ndash;993) *byzantine empire - john i tzimiskes (969&ndash;976) *caucasus **bagratuni kingdom of armenia - ashot iii (953&ndash;977) **kingdom of iberia - bagrat ii (958&ndash;994) **principality of kakheti - kvirike ii (929&ndash;976) **tao-klarjeti - sumbat ii, prince of klarjeti (943&ndash;988) *kingdom of croatia - stephen drÅ¾islav (969&ndash;997) *kingdom of denmark - harald i (958&ndash;985/986) *kingdom of england â edgar (959&ndash;975) *west frankish kingdom - lothair (954&ndash;986) **county of angoulÃªme - ranulf (962&ndash;975) **county of anjou - geoffrey i (958&ndash;987) **duchy of aquitaine - william iv (963&ndash;995) **county of blois - theobald i (960&ndash;975) **duchy of brittany - hoel i (c. 960&ndash;981) **duchy of burgundy - eudes-henry (965&ndash;1002) **[[county of 
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