Year
The world in 1000
In 1000 the atlas holds 296 states standing across 6 regions. 7 things began that year - Kingdom of Hungary, Vinland and Kingdom of Artsakh among them - and 3 ended; 6 people were born and 3 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1000s page, and to its century on the 10th century.
What began in 1000
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 4
- Kingdom of Hungary · state · 1000 – 1946
- Kingdom of Artsakh · state · 1000 – 1261
- Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301) · state · 1000 – 1301
- Judicate of Cagliari · state · 1000 – 1258
Wars and battles 2
- Croatian–Bulgarian wars · war · 1000
- Battle of Cervera · battle · 1000
Works and ideas 1
- Vinland · discovery · 1000
What ended in 1000
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Principality of Hungary · state · 895 – 1000
- Western Ganga dynasty · state · 350 – 1000
Wars and battles 1
- Battle of Svolder · battle · 999 – 1000
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1000 6
- Constantine IX Monomachos · politician · 1000 – 1055
- Gruffudd ap Llywelyn · monarch · 1000 – 1063
- Yi Yuanji · painter · 1000 – 1064
- Cui Bai · painter · 1000 – 1074
- Kyiso · ruler · 1000 – 1038
- Gausfred II of Roussillon · ruler · 1000 – 1074
Died in 1000 3
- Olaf Tryggvason · monarch · 960 – 1000
- Al-Maqdisi · scientist · 945 – 1000
- Bjarni Herjólfsson · explorer · 966 – 1000
Standing in 1000
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe155 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Ring of Sweden, Monarch of Sweden since 993 and Olof Skötkonung, Monarch of Sweden since 995
- Denmark · 800 – present · Swein Forkbeard, Monarch of Denmark since 986
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor since 996
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Kyivan Rus' · 882 – 1240 · Volodymyr the Great, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 980
- Republic of Venice · 697 – 1797 · Pietro II Orseolo, Doge of Venice since 991
- Kingdom of England · 927 – 1707 · Æthelred the Unready, Monarch of England since 978
and 145 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa37 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Basil II, Byzantine emperor since 976
- Abbasid Caliphate · 750 – 1258 · Al-Qadir, Abbasid caliph since 991 and Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Malik since 996
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Fatimid Caliphate · 909 – 1171 · Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid Caliph since 996
- Caliphate of Córdoba · 929 – 1031 · Hisham II of Córdoba, caliph of Córdoba since 976
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Buyid dynasty · 934 – 1062 · Baha al-Dawla, Amir since 988 and Baha al-Dawla, Amir since 998
- Ifriqiya · 703 – 1705 · Badis ibn al-Mansur, Emir of Ifriqiya since 995
- Qarmatians · 899 – 1071
and 27 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa4 states
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
- Empire of Kitara · 940 – 1300
South Asia37 states
- Tibetans · 850 – 1259
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Rajaraja I, Chola king since 985
- Kara-Khanid Khanate · 840 – 1212
- Saffarid dynasty · 861 – 1003 · Khalaf ibn Ahmad, Amir of the Saffarid dynasty since 963
- Pala Empire · 750 – 1174 · Mahipala, emperor since 978
- Ghaznavid Empire · 962 – 1187 · Mahmud of Ghazni, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire since 998
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Pratihara dynasty · 800 – 1036
- Chera dynasty · 800 – 1102
and 27 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia30 states
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Emperor Zhenzong, Emperor of China since 997
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Vijaya, king since 998
- Heian period · 794 – 1185
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Liao dynasty · 916 – 1125 · Emperor Shengzong of Liao, Emperor of China since 982
- Pagan Kingdom · 849 – 1297 · Nyaung-u Sawrahan, King of Burma since 956
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Dali Kingdom · 937 – 1253
and 20 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania14 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Ancestral Puebloans · 850 – 1304
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Tiwanaku polity · 300 – 1150
- Wari Empire · 600 – 1100
- Classic Veracruz culture · 555 – 1235
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown19 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598 · Volodymyr the Great, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 980
- Alania · 801 – 1201
- Hindu Shahis · 850 – 1026 · Jayapala, Maharaja of the Hindu Shahis since 964
- Marwanid dynasty · 983 – 1085
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Uqaylid dynasty · 990 – 1096 · Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Malik since 996
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Dál nAraidi · 550 – 1150
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 975 – 1025: every state, war and life of 1000 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1000: 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.