944

In 944: 3 events across 3 regions, including Koh Ker, the capital of Jayavarman IV, Igor’s campaigns against Byzantium, Sayf al-Dawla's Aleppo: al-Mutanabbi and the Hamdanid emirate.

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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
• 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
• Fall of the Tang: the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms1 June 907 – 3 February 960 · East Asia
• Samanid Bukhara and the rise of New Persian literature900–999 · Central and Northern Asia
• Satuq Bughra Khan and the conversion of the Karakhanids to Islambetween 932 and 955 – 960 · Central and Northern Asia
• Igbo-Ukwu: bronze casting in the West African forest800–899 – 1100–1199 · Africa
• Middle Sicán: the Lambayeque culture at its height at Batán Grandec. 900 – c. 1100 · Latin America
• Tula and the Toltecs: the leading city of central Mexicoc. 900 – c. 1150 · Latin America
• Pueblo II: stone pueblos and the Chaco worldc. 900 – c. 1150 · North America