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World History Timeline - 1010
Mansur Abu'l-Quasim presents his The Book of the Kings (Shah-nama), one of the great Persian epic poems, to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.
Sanjo becomes Emperor of Japan upon the death of his cousin, Emperor Ichijo.
The year 1012 marks the first recorded persecution of heresy in the German states.
The Danes conquer England, compelling the Anglo-Saxon monarch, Ethelred II, to seek refuge in Normandy.
The Norwegian King, Olaf II, establishes his state's independence from Norway and begins to re-Christianize his Kingdom.
In England, Canute assumes control of Wessex as he prepares to engage Edmund Ironside, son of Ethelred II, in battle.
Japanese baroness Shikibu Murasaki completes The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari), a novel probably intended as entertainment for the Empress Akiko and that will become one of the classics of world literature.
Ethelred II dies and is succeeded by Edmund Ironside. Canute soon defeats Edmund but allows him to rule southern England until his death in 1016. Canute then begins the conquest of all of England.
A Byzantine army defeats an army of Lombards and Normans at Canae, ensuring that Byzantium will continue to dominate southern Italy.
Jaroslav the Wise, King of Kiev, begins a reign that will witness the codification of Russian law and the construction of cities, churches, and schools throughout his land.
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