10th century
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The 10th century saw solidification: of Christianity in Europe, of Islam in Africa and southern Europe, of the rise of a new dynasty in China. Major new evangelistic efforts were underway in northern Europe, particularly in Russia.
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- 900 - Missionaries reach Norway.
- 902 - Sicily a Muslim country; Muslim strongholds established on southern coast of Italy.
- 907 - Decline of the T'ang dynasty in China.
- 910 - Cluny monastery founded.
- 912 - The Normans become Christian.
- 948 - The leader of the Magyars converts to Christianity
- 954 - Princess Olga of Kiev baptized, conversion of Russia begun.
- 962 - Otti I crowned Roman Emperor.
- 960 - China. Rise of Song dynasty, to 1279.
- 965 - Harold I of Denmark converts to Christianity and smooths the way for the acceptance of Christian faith by the Danish people
- 966 - Mieszko I of Poland converts to Christianity and begins the period of Christian Poland
- 969 - Isma'il, claiming descent from Mohammad's daughter Fatima, seizes control of Tunisia; goes on to conquer all of North Africa, enters Egypt, establishes the Fatimid dynasty; by 969 captures Damascus and threatens Baghdad; by 1000 rules the Mediterranean from Morocco to Lebanon.
- 969 - Byzantine empire invades northern Syria in a 30-year crusade (969-1025) that reaches as far as Damascus, Edessa, and Nisibis, but is pushed back.
- Up until the time of the Crusades, Asian Christians were the majority west of the Euphrates, and made up an extremely important middle class.
- 981 - Nestorian monks visiting China find no traces of Christian community left
- 988 - Baptism of Kievan Rus' under Vladimir I
- 995 - Christian missionaries from Norway begin working in Iceland
- 997 - Adalbert of Prague dies as a martyr in Prussia
