page_title: 10th century
section_title: Asia
hierarchical_section_title: 10th century / Significant people / Asia
caption_attribution_description: English: A sculpture of the Indian god Ganesha. Made in Cambodia in the Angkor style.
context_page_description: The 10th century was the period from 901 to 1000 in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium.
  In China the Song dynasty was established. The Muslim World experienced a cultural zenith, especially in al-Andalus under the Caliphate of Córdoba and in Samanid Empire under Ismail Samani. Additionally, there was cultural flourishing for the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire.
  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 10th century was that which "in the textbooks disputes with the seventh the bad eminence, the nadir of the human intellect." In the 15th century, Lorenzo Valla described it as the Century of Lead and Iron and later Cardinal Baronius as the Leaden Century or Iron Century.
context_section_description: Adikavi Pampa an early Kannada language poet (born in 902)
  Ranna, an early Kannada language poet from India, (born in 949)
  Huyan Zan, Chinese general (died in 1000)
  Li Cheng, Chinese landscape painter
  Tailapa II, re-established the Western Chalukya Empire of India (reigned 973–997)
  Zhang Sixun, Chinese astronomer and mechanical engineer
  Ferdowsi, Persian poet
  Li Fang, Chinese scholar and encyclopedist (925–996)
  Emperor Taizu of Song, founder of the Chinese Song dynasty (lived March 21, 927–November 14, 976, reigned 960–976)
  Parantaka I, ruler of the Chola Dynasty of India – Tamil King (reigned 907–950)
  Raja Raja Chola I, ruler of the Chola Dynasty of India – Tamil King
  Avicenna, one of the foremost physician and philosopher of Medieval Era(c. 980 - 1037).
  Al-Farabi, a Muslim polymath and one of the greatest scientists and philosophers (c. 872 – between 14 December, 950 and 12 January, 951).
  Alhazen, a Muslim scientist and mathematician, (965 in Basra - c. 1039 in Cairo)
  Abu Rayhan Biruni, a Muslim scientist, (born 5 September 973 in Kath, Khwarezm, died 13 December 1048 in Ghazni)
  Taejo of Goryeo, founder of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty (lived January 31, 877 – July 4, 943, reigned 918–943)
caption: The Hindu god Ganesha, made of sandstone, and discovered in Cambodia, exhibited Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama, USA)
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