Year
The world in 960
In 960 the atlas holds 275 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - Song dynasty, Battle of Andrassos and Civitas Schinesghe among them - and 2 ended; 7 people were born and 1 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 960s page, and to its century on the 10th century.
What began in 960
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Song dynasty · state · 960 – 1279
- Civitas Schinesghe · state · 960 – 1025
Wars and battles 2
- Battle of Andrassos · battle · 960
- Siege of Chandax · battle · 960 – 961
Regime change 1
- Chenqiao mutiny · adverse regime change · 960
What ended in 960
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period · state · 907 – 960
- Later Zhou · state · 951 – 960
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 960 7
- Constantine VIII · ruler · 960 – 1028
- Olaf Tryggvason · monarch · 960 – 1000
- Bagrat III of Georgia · person · 960 – 1014
- Theophanu · person · 960 – 991
- Henry V of Bavaria · politician · 960 – 1026
- Mujahid al-Amiri · ruler · 960 – 1040
- Sigurd the Stout · person · 960 – 1014
Died in 960 1
- Časlav of Serbia · politician · 896 – 960
Standing in 960
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.
Europe128 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present
- Denmark · 800 – present · Gorm the Old, Monarch of Denmark since 934 and Gorm the Old, Monarch of Denmark since 936
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Kyivan Rus' · 882 – 1240 · Sviatoslav I of Kyiv, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 945
- Republic of Venice · 697 – 1797 · Pietro IV Candiano, Doge of Venice since 959
- Kingdom of England · 927 – 1707 · Edgar, King of England, Monarch of England since 959
- Papal States · 754 – 1870 · Pope John XII, Pope since 955
and 118 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa39 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Romanos II, Byzantine emperor since 959
- Abbasid Caliphate · 750 – 1258 · Al-Muti', Abbasid caliph since 946
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Fatimid Caliphate · 909 – 1171 · Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Fatimid Caliph since 953
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Caliphate of Córdoba · 929 – 1031 · Abd al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba since 929
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Idrisid dynasty · 788 – 974 · Al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim Jannun, sultan since 954
- Buyid dynasty · 934 – 1062 · Mu'izz al-Dawla, Amir since 945
and 29 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa3 states
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
- Empire of Kitara · 940 – 1300
South Asia36 states
- Tibetans · 850 – 1259
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Parantaka II, Chola king since 957
- Kara-Khanid Khanate · 840 – 1212
- Saffarid dynasty · 861 – 1003 · Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Amir of the Saffarid dynasty since 923
- Pala Empire · 750 – 1174 · Rajyapala, emperor since 925
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Rashtrakuta Empire · 753 – 982 · Krishna III(kannara deva), Rashtrakuta emperor since 939
- Samanid Empire · 819 – 999 · Abd al-Malik I, Amir of the Samanids since 954
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Pratihara dynasty · 800 – 1036
and 26 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia37 states
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Emperor Taizu of Song, Emperor of China since 960
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Indravarman III, king since 916 and Jaya Indravarman I, king since 960
- Heian period · 794 – 1185
- Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period · 907 – 960 · Guo Zongxun, Emperor of China since 959
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Liao dynasty · 916 – 1125 · Emperor Muzong of Liao, Emperor of China since 951
- Pagan Kingdom · 849 – 1297 · Nyaung-u Sawrahan, King of Burma since 956
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
and 27 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania13 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 3 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown19 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598 · Sviatoslav I of Kyiv, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 945
- Alania · 801 – 1201
- Hindu Shahis · 850 – 1026
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Dál nAraidi · 550 – 1150
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Chŏngan · 938 – 986 · Yeol Man-hwa, King since 938
and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 935 – 985: every state, war and life of 960 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 960: 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.