Culture & IdeasThe 10th century

Culture & Ideas in the 10th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 10th century — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 900 to 961. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
5
Nations
5
Earliest
900
Latest
961
Asia
3
Africa
1
Europe
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Gambia

    A sacred landscape of more than a thousand monuments

    Over fifteen centuries a prosperous, organised society created more than 1,000 stone circles and tumuli across a band some 100 km wide along 350 km of the river; burials near Wassu date to roughly AD 900–1300.

    Era: Stone circles and the peoples of the river

    Sources: Stone Circles of Senegambia · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Senegambian stone circles · Wikipedia, Stone circles of Senegambia · Smarthistory

  2. Asia

    Kyrgyzstan

    Transmission of the epic of Manas

    The Kyrgyz preserved the vast oral epic of Manas, recited by bards (manaschi), telling of the legendary hero who united the Kyrgyz tribes; it remains the cornerstone of Kyrgyz cultural memory.

    Era: The Yenisei Kyrgyz and the Epic of Manas

    Sources: Manas the Noble · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Kyrgyz epic trilogy: Manas, Semetey, Seytek · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

  3. Europe

    Malta

    Birth of the Maltese language

    The Arabic of the islands' settlers evolved into Maltese, a Semitic language that is unique in being written in the Latin alphabet and that survives as the national language today.

    Era: Arabs, Normans and Medieval Malta

    Sources: Maltese (people) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Asia

    Tajikistan

    Rudaki and the rebirth of Persian poetry

    At the Samanid court in Bukhara, the poet Rudaki composes in New Persian and is honoured as the father of Persian poetry, anchoring the literary heritage Tajiks claim as their own.

    Era: The Samanid Golden Age

    Sources: Rūdakī — Persian poet · Encyclopædia Britannica, Samanid dynasty · Encyclopædia Britannica

  5. Asia

    Armenia

    Ani becomes the Bagratid capital

    King Ashot III moved the capital to Ani, which flourished as a major medieval city known as the 'city of a thousand churches' for its cathedral and monastic architecture.

    Era: Bagratid Ani and Cilician Armenia

    Sources: Ani, historical city, Armenia · Encyclopædia Britannica, Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin · UNESCO World Heritage Centre