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956 CE

This year falls in the Early Middle Ages (c. 500–1000 CE). In western Europe new kingdoms replace the western Roman Empire, while the Byzantine Empire continues in the east. Islam begins in Arabia in the seventh century and its caliphates soon reach from Spain to Central Asia, and China is reunited under the Sui and Tang dynasties.

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Civilization · Early Middle Ages · Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Empire962–1806The Holy Roman Empire was the great medieval empire of central Europe, neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire, as Voltaire joked. It lasted 844 years from Otto the Great's coronation to Napoleon's dissolution of it in 1806.

Country · DenmarkDenmarkc. 965–Denmark is a Scandinavian country made up of a peninsula and many islands. Its kingdom was consolidated in the tenth century, making it one of the oldest continuous monarchies in Europe. It is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.