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A Museum of World History: 600-1200 (Level 3: from year to name)

I give you the year; you identify the person or the place.
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Last updated: August 4, 2021
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First submittedJuly 23, 2021
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1187
On October 2, 1187, Salah al-Din’s soldiers capture Jerusalem.
1079
In 1079, Omar Khayyam is 36 when he calculates the length of the year to within one second.
1025
In 1025, Abu Ali Ibn Sina is 45 when he finishes his Canon of Medicine.
1000
In 1000, Leif Erikson and a longship of Viking explorers become the first Europeans to set foot in North America.
960
In February 960, Zhao Kuangyin re-unifies China and launches the Song Dynasty.
950
Around 950, workers expand Cholula’s Great Pyramid to its maximum size.
899
In 899, the Mayans abandon Tikal.
850
Around 850, workers finish building the Great Mosque of Samarra.
800
In 800, Charlemagne is crowned "Holy Roman Emperor."
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793
In 793, Viking sailors from Norway attack Lindisfarne in Britain.
755
In 755, An Lushan leads a rebellion against the Tang that kills 13 million in 8 years.
744
Du Fu and Li Bai, the world’s best-known writers outside Europe and Russia, meet for the first time in Luoyang in 744.
732
On October 10, 732, soldiers fighting for Charles Martel defeat Muslim soldiers at the Battle of Tours.
711
In 711, Tariq ibn-Ziyad and his Moroccan soldiers attack the Visigoths in Iberia.
700
By 700, the population of the Tang capital ,Chang'an (Xi'an), reaches 1 million, making it one of the largest in the world.
632
In 632, Muhammad’s army takes control of Mecca.
618
When General Yuwen Huaji murders Sui Dynasty Emperor Yan on June 18, 618, Li Yuan becomes emperor and launches the Tang Dynasty.
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