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500
King Arthur won a battle against the Saxtons in Southern England at Mound Badon.
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Period: 503 to 557
There were three wars between 503 and 557 AD. All of them were interrupted by periods of peace and were fought by the Persian empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.
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700
The Chinese invented gunpowder by combining saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon.
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Period: 786 to 809
Harun al-Rashid headed the Abbasid Caliphate from 786 to 809.
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800
Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III
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Period: 855 to 869
King Lothair II, commissioned the engraving of large rock-crystal.
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Period: 866 to 1160
Fujiwara period started.
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878
Alfred the Great won against the Danes of the Battle of Edington.
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907
The five dynasties began.
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989
The Peace of God was passed at the Council of Charroux.
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990
The kingdom of Ghana defeated the Sharan Berber tribes of Lemunta.
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Period: 1013 to 1035
Danes controls England and Canute takes the throne.
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1125
Henry V, King of Germany, dies after leading an expedition.
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1199
Richard the Lion-hearted died of an arrow wound.
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1215
A group of barons forced King John of England to sign the Magna Carta.