1st millennium

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The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1 AD, and ended on December 31, 1000, of the Julian calendar. This millennium is the beginning of the Anno Domini/Common Era for this calendar.
In Mesoamerica, the first millennium was a period of enormous growth known as the Classic Era (200 CE – 900 CE). Teotihuacan grew into a metropolis and its empire dominated Mesoamerica. In South America, pre-Incan, coastal cultures flourished, producing impressive metalwork and some of the finest pottery seen in the ancient world. 
In North America, the Mississippian culture rose at the end of the millennium in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. Numerous cities were built by the people, who accumulated agricultural surpluses with the cultivation of maize. Cahokia, the largest, was based in present-day Illinois, and may have had 30,000 residents at its peak about 1250 CE. It was a regional chiefdom, a political and religious center, with a trading network and influence reaching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The people built a series of platform and other shaped earthwork mounds that constituted the largest earthworks north of Mexico. The circumference of the 10-story high Monks Mound at Cahokia was larger than that of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan or the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
In Eastern Asia, the first millennium was also a time of great cultural advances. In Japan, a sharp increase in population followed when farmers' use of iron tools increased their productivity and crop yields. The Yamato court was established. The adoption of Buddhism and Confucianism contributed significantly to Japan's artists, social and political transformations.
In Western Asia, the first millennium saw a time of great advancement known as the Islamic Golden Age (700–1200 C.E).
In Europe, the first millennium was a time of great transition. The Fall of Rome in 476 CE brought an end to Classical antiquity and ushered in the Early Middle Ages. This was a period of great migrations, including the Viking expansion.
World population, which had tripled over the preceding millennium, grew more slowly during the first millennium and may have diminished. One optimistic estimate is that the world's population rose from approximately 170 to 300 million, but other estimates vary; one estimate suggests that the world population actually declined from 400 million people to 250 million people.
==Civilizations, kingdoms and dynasties==
The civilizations, kingdoms and dynasties in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
Kingdoms and civilizations of the 1st millennium AD
Africa	America	Asia	Europe	Oceania
*Ghana Empire	
*Maya civilization	
*Three Kingdoms 
*Sassanid Empire 
*Gupta Empire 
*Byzantine Empire 
*Chola Dynasty 
*Tang Dynasty 
*Volga Bulgaria	
*Roman Empire 
*Merovingian dynasty 
*Bulgarian Empire 
*Viking Age	 
==Events==
The events in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
Events and trends of the 1st millennium AD
  	Africa 	America 	Asia 	Europe 	Oceania
1st century 	 	1 Cahuachi established50 Pyramid of the Sun began 	33 Christianity begins 70 Jewish diaspora 	9 Rhine established as boundary between Rome and Germany47 London founded58 Alpes Cottiae becomes a Roman province79 Pompeii destroyed 	1 Caroline Islands colonized
2nd Century 	200 Bantu reach east Africa212 Egyptians granted Roman citizenship 	150 Cahuachi becomes dominant ceremonial site in southern Peru 	184 Yellow Turban Rebellion 	106 Dacia becomes a Roman province166 Siege of Aquileia180 End of the Macromannic Wars 	 
3rd Century 	  	250 Rise of Laguna de los Cerros292 Stela 29 inscribed300 Tikàl conquers El Mirador	  	212 Roman citizenship extended to all free people in the empire214 Hispania divided into Gallaecia, Tarraconensis, Baetica and Lusitania286 Diocletian divides the empire East and West	300 Eastern Polynesian culture develops
4th Century 	350 Meroe invasion 	  	393 Last Olympic Games 	
313 Edict of Milan370 Huns invade Eastern Europe 396 Alaric and the Visigoths invade Greece 	 
5th Century 	429 Vandal invasion 	  	  	407 Vandals enter Iberia421 Romans defeat Persians476 Fall of Roman Empire 	500 Settlement of Hawaii, Easter Island, Society Islands, Tuamotus and Mangareva
6th Century 	533 Belisarius invades Africa 	600 Wari' conquer Peru600 Construction of Palenque 	538 Buddhism introduced in Japan 	507 Battle of Vouillé535 Byzantine army invades Italy 585 Visigoths conquer Suevi kingdom 	 
7th Century 	641 Muslims invade Africa697 Carthage destroyed 	650 Settlement of Xochitecatl and Cacaxtla700 Teotihuacan destroyed 	632 Rise of Islam651 Islamic conquest of Persia	c.680 Bulgarian Empire was founded; 	700 Settlement of the Cook Islands
8th Century 	702 Ethiopia attacks Arabia 706 Arabic in Egypt 789 Independent Morocco	750 Sacred Cenote built at Chichén Itzá780 Murals at Bonampak abandoned 	  	717 Siege of Constantinople718 Islamic conquest of Spain 	 
9th Century 	  	  	896 Hungarians invade Carpathia 	872 Norway unites 	900 Settlement of New Zealand
10th Century	905 Tulunids ejected 909 Fatimid established 969 Fustat captured 	950 Great Serpent Mound constructed990 Toltecs conquer Chichén Itzá 	  	958 Denmark unites985 Erik the Red founds colony in Greenland 	1000 Polynesians build stone temples
==Significant people==
The people in this section are organized according to the United Nations geoscheme
Significant people of the 1st millennium AD
  	Africa 	America 	Asia 	Europe 	Oceania
1st Century 	  	  	Jesus of Nazareth Jesus is ranked Number 3 Paul of Tarsus St. Paul is ranked Number 6 	Caesar Augustus Augustus Caesar is ranked Number 18 Pliny the Elder 	 
2nd Century 	Septimius Severus 	Yax Moch Xoc 	Cai Lun Ts'ai Lun is ranked Number 7 Zhang Heng 	Plutarch Ptolemy Commodus 	 
3rd Century 	MacrinusKing Aphilas of Aksum 	Curl Snout 	Mani Mani is ranked Number 83 	Diocletian 	 
4th Century 	  	  	Empress JingūChandragupta II 	Constantine I Constantine is ranked Number 21 	 
5th Century 	Augustine of Hippo St. Augustine is ranked Number 54	K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' 	Attila the Hun Aryabhata 	Geiseric 	Hawaiiloa
6th Century 	GelimerSaint Frumentius 	  	Khosrau I 	Clovis I Theodoric the Great Justinian I Justinian I is ranked Number 99	 
7th Century 	Gregory the Patrician 	K'inich Janaab' PakalWaxaklahùn Ubàh K'awìl	Emperor Wen of Sui Zu Wen Ti is ranked Number 85Muhammad Muhammed is ranked Number 1 Umar Umar ibn al-Khattab is ranked Number 52	Saint Isidore of Seville Kubrat Asparukh 	 
8th Century 	  	  	Abi Ishaq Li Bai 	Saint Bede Charles Martel Tervel 	 
9th Century 	  	  	Geber Al-Khwārizmī 	Charlemagne Charlemagne is ranked Number 97 Alfred the Great Krum 	 
10th Century	Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah 	Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl 	Al Battani 	Simeon I Otto the Great Bjarni HerjólfssonErik the Red 	'Aho'eitu
==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
Inventions, discoveries and introductions
Communication	Math and Science	Agriculture	Transportation	Warfare
# Woodblock printing
# Paper	
# Algebra 
# Ptolemaic system
# Steel	
# Coffee 
# Hops	
# Horseshoe 
# Stirrup
# Magnetic compass	
# Greek fire 
# Chess
# Gunpowder
==Centuries and decades==
1st century 	0s 	10s 	20s 	30s 	40s 	50s 	60s 	70s 	80s 	90s
2nd century 	100s	110s	120s	130s	140s	150s	160s	170s	180s	190s
3rd century 	200s	210s	220s	230s	240s	250s	260s	270s	280s	290s
4th century 	300s	310s	320s	330s	340s	350s	360s	370s	380s	390s
5th century 	400s	410s	420s	430s	440s	450s	460s	470s	480s	490s
6th century 	500s	510s	520s	530s	540s	550s	560s	570s	580s	590s
7th century 	600s	610s	620s	630s	640s	650s	660s	670s	680s	690s
8th century 	700s	710s	720s	730s	740s	750s	760s	770s	780s	790s
9th century 	800s	810s	820s	830s	840s	850s	860s	870s	880s	890s
10th century	900s	910s	920s	930s	940s	950s	960s	970s	980s	990s
==References==
 
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