Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work. This attribution is widely considered a secondary (10th-century) tradition.

Ethnic origin. Ziryab's career flourished in Al-Andalus.According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, he was born around 175 AH/790 CE into a family of mawali of the caliph al-Mahdi. His ethnic origin is disputed, different sources list him as either Persian, Kurdish, or African. According to Ibn Hayyan, ‘Ali Ibn Nafi’ was called Blackbird because of his extremely dark complexion, the clarity ...

Apr 30, 2022 · A 9th century Uzbek genius gave his name to algorithms - now he’s a star of the Venice Biennale By euronews (in English) Published : Apr 30, 2022 - 01:36 Updated : Apr 30, 2022 - …

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For a relatively brief period, from the mid-8th to the early 9th century, the Carolingian rulers, especially Pippin (reigned 751–768) and Charlemagne (reigned 768/771–814), had remarkable success in creating and maintaining a relatively unified empire. Before and afterward, however, political units were fragmented and political authority ...

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In 1000, 1100, 1200, and 1300, China was the most advanced place in the world. Marco Polo (1254-1324) recognized this when he got to China in the late 13th century after traveling through much of Asia. In what is now Europe, this was the period now referred to as the “high” Middle Ages, which fostered the Crusades and witnessed the rise of Venice, the mercantile center that …