10th century

The 10th century was the period from 901 (represented by the Roman numerals CMI) through 1000 (M) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium.

The Muslim World experienced a cultural zenith, especially in al-Andalus under the Caliphate of Córdoba and in the Samanid Empire under Ismail Samani.

The Abbasid Caliphate continued to exist but with reduced central authority.

Additionally, there was a cultural flourishing for the Byzantine Empire, which also reconquered some lost territories, and the First Bulgarian Empire, as well as the Holy Roman Empire during the Ottonian Renaissance.

[1] Caesar Baronius famously described it as the Iron Century, because it was 'iron in its harshness and in its sterility of goodness', while Lorenzo Valla gave it the similar name "Age of Lead and Iron".

Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 10th century
This statue of a yogini goddess was created in Kaveripakkam in Tamil Nadu , India , during the 10th century.
China in 923, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Bulgarian victory at Anchialos .
Political divisions within England, 10th century.
Earliest known representation of a gun (a fire lance ) and a grenade (upper right), from the cave murals of Dunhuang , China, 10th century.