PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 970 – 979

The world in the 970s

From 970 to 979 the atlas holds 278 states standing at some time. 14 things began - Árpád dynasty, Duchy of Carinthia and Margraviate of Austria among them - and 8 ended; 29 people were born and 25 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

970: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other970971: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other971972: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other972973: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other973974: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other974975: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other975976: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other976977: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other977978: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other978979: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other979

What began in the 970s

By kind, the best known first.

States 7

Wars and battles 7

What ended in the 970s

States 5

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

Born 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Died 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

States of the 970s

The states that stood at some time in the 970s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 970.

Europe: 134 statesEurope134Middle East and North Africa: 37 statesMiddle East and North Africa37Sub-Saharan Africa: 3 statesSub-Saharan Africa3South Asia: 38 statesSouth Asia38East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 13 statesAmericas and Oceania13Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe134 states

and 126 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa37 states

and 29 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa3 states

South Asia38 states

and 30 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia34 states

and 26 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania13 states

and 5 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown19 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 950 – 999: every state, war and life of the 970s, region by region.
  • On the map in 975: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.