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// 4th century
#p <o>priest<n>Saint Patrick<aka>Patricius<b>385<d>461<info>Celt
<c>Britain<dep>401<c>Ireland<dep>407<c>Britain<dep>432<c>Ireland
// 6th century
#e <t>use<n>mathematical roots and powers<c>India<d>500(25)
// 7th century
#e <t>use<n>decimal numbers in commerce<c>India<d>600
#e <t>battle<n>Moslems capture Alexandria<d>642<c>Alexandria
#e <t>use<n>flaming "bombs" used in warfare<c>Byzantium<d>678
// 8th century
#e <t>use<n>waterwheels<c>Europe<d>700(20)
#e <t>use<n>pictorial books<c>Japan<d>765
// 9th century
#p <nat>Persian<o>math<o>astronomer<n>Mohammad Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi<d>840(2)
<info>the founder of Algebra<info>The word "algorithm" is named after him
#e <t>pub<n>Al-jabr wa'l muqabalah<d>815(5)<au>al-Khawarizmi<info>introduces Hindi numbers, now known as Arabic
#e <t>coin<n>"algebra"<au>al-Khawarizmi<d>815(5)<c>Persia<info>from the title of his book "Al-Jabr wa-al-Mfuqabilah"
#e <t>use<n>astrolabes<c>Arabia<d>850(10)
// 10th century
#p <nat>Persian<o>physicist<n>Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham<aka>Alhazen<b>965<c>Baghdad<info>father of modern optics
#p <nat>Persian<o>math<o>astronomer<n>Abul Wafa al-Buzjani<b>940<c>Baghdad<d>998 Jan(12)<info>migrated to Iraq in 959
#e <t>use<n>Arabic numerals<c>Europe<d>975
#e <t>use<n>crossbow<c>Europe<d>1000(20)
// 11th century
#p <nat>Persian<o>mathematician<o>astronomer<n>Omar al-Khayyam<b>1044(5)<d>1124 Jan(12)
#e <t>battle<n>Crusaders capture Jerusalem<d>1099<c>Jerusalem
#e <t>migration<d>1000<n>Maori settle New Zealand<c>New Zealand
// 12th century
#p <nat>Spanish<o>friar<n>Saint Dominic<b>1170<d>1221<info>founded the Dominican Order
#p <nat>Mongol<o>ruler<n>Genghis Khan<b>1167(1)<d>1227
#e <t>annex<n>Sweden annexes Finland<c>Finland<d>1155
#e <t>battle<n>Acre<d>1191<c>Acre
// 13th century
#p <nat>Italian<o>monk<n>Saint Thomas Aquinas<b>1225<d>1274
#p <nat>Italian<o>poet<n>Dante Alighieri<sur>Dante<b>1265<d>1321
#e <t>use<d>1202<n>Arabic numbers<c>Europe<info>introduced by Fibonacci
#e <t>use<n>printed paper money<c>Persia<d>1300(20)
#e <t>use<n>mechanical clocks (falling weight type)<c>Europe<d>1300(20)
// 14th century
#p <nat>Mongol<o>ruler<n>Tamerlane<aka>Timur<b>1336(1)<d>1405
#p <nat>Bohemian<o>king<n>Wenceslaus III<b>1361<ac>1378<d>1419<info>emperor of Holy Roman Empire 1378 to 1400
#e <t>religion<n>Popes forced to reside at Avignon<c>Avignon<d>1309<e>1377
#e <t>war<n>Hundred Years' War<d>1338<e>1453<vic>England<c>France
// 15th century
#p <o>artist<o>inventor<nat>Italian<n>Leonardo da Vinci<b>1452 Apr 15<d>1519
#p <nat>Dutch<o>theologian<n>Desiderius Erasmus<aka>Geert Geerts<b>1468(2)<d>1536
#p <nat>Portuguese<o>explorer<n>Vasco da Gama<b>1469(1)<d>1524
#p <nat>Italian<o>writer<n>Niccolò Machiavelli<b>1469<d>1527<c>Florence
#p <nat>Italian<o>sculptor<o>painter<o>architect<n>Michelangelo<b>1474<d>1564
#p <nat>Turkish<o>sultan<n>Suleiman the Magnificent<sur>Suleiman<b>1490(5)<ac>1520<d>1566
#e <t>decree<n>Papal bull divides New World<d>1493<info>between Spain and Portugal