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Hai Gaon

939 CE – 1038 CE · 99 years

The last and greatest of the Geonim — the scholar who answered questions from Jews across four continents, shaped the foundations of Jewish law for a millennium, and whose death in 1038 ended five centuries of Babylonian Jewish supremacy.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Samanid Empire

819 CE – 999 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

Figure · Egypt & Babylonia

Saadia Gaon

882 CE – 942 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Cuman-Kipchak confederation

1000 CE – 1241 CE

Figure · Persia / Central Asia

Ibn Sina

980 CE – 1037 CE

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Events the timeline places between 939 CE and 1038 CE.

942 CE St. Bavo's Cathedral 950 CE Tongan Empire Expansion 950 CE Tu'i Tonga Empire Conflicts 950 CE Khajuraho Temples 955 CE Battle of Lechfeld 960 CE Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Abbey Landmark · Europe 960 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Genoa–Constantinople Route Trade route · Europe 1000 CE – 1500 CE Wari Imperial Expansion Conflict · Americas 600 CE – 1000 CE Mount Athos Landmark · Europe 963 CE – still standing Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE
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