900

In 900: 4 events across 4 regions, including The House of Wisdom and the translation movement in Baghdad, Cacaxtla and Xochicalco: the Epiclassic cities of central Mexico, The rise of the Samanids in Transoxiana.

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Processes that began earlier and continued through this period

• The Late Woodland period in eastern North Americac. 500 – c. 1000 · North America
• Wari culture and the Middle Horizon state in the Central Andesc. 600 – c. 1000 · Latin America
• Tiwanaku culture at its height by Lake Titicacac. 600 – c. 1000 · Latin America
• Saltovo-Mayaki culturec. 750 – between 900 and 950 · Eastern Europe
• Plum Bayou Mounds: a planned ceremonial centre in the Arkansas valleyc. 650 – c. 1050 · North America
• The tripartite struggle for Kannaujbetween 783 and 790 – between 915 and 918 · South Asia
• Ifriqiya under the Aghlabids800 – March 909 · Africa
• Aghlabid conquest of SicilyJune 827 – 1 August 902 · Western and Central Europe
• Classic Maya collapse in the southern lowlandsc. 800 – c. 950 · Latin America
• Rise of Chichén Itzá in northern Yucatánc. 800 – between 900 and 1000 · Latin America
• Norse settlement of Icelandc. 870 – 930 · Western and Central Europe
• Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basinbetween 894 and 895 – 907 · Western and Central Europe
• Golden Age of Bulgaria under Simeon I893 – 27 May 927 · Balkans and Anatolia
• Igbo-Ukwu: bronze casting in the West African forest800–899 – 1100–1199 · Africa