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| 1001 |
| | | Japanese author Murasaki Shibubi produces, in The Tale of Genji, a book which can be considered the world's first novel | |
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| c. 1040 |
| | | A Chinese manual on warfare includes the earliest known description of gunpowder | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The concept of movable type for printing is pioneered in China, using fired clay, but it proves impractical | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | The earliest surviving reference to the principle of the compass occurs in a Chinese manuscript | |
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| 1054 |
| | | Astronomers in China and Japan observe the explosion of the supernova which is still visible as the Crab Nebula | |
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| 1064 |
| | | Su Sung, a Buddhist monk, develops in China the principle of the escapement in his tower clock worked by a water wheel | |
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| c. 1100 |
| | | Chinese potters in the Song dynasty develop the wares known as celadons, with thick transparent green glazes | |
|  | Celadon wine jug
Fotofile CG
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| 1144 |
| | | The city of Edessa is captured by Zangi, a Mameluke general, in the first setback for the crusaders in the Middle East | |
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| 1145 |
| | | A bishop in the crusader territories of the Middle East has news of a fabulously wealthy Christian king, Prester John | |
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| c. 1150 |
| | | The city of Angkor and the great temple of Angkor Wat are created by the Khmer dynasty in Cambodia | |
|  | Angkor Wat
Photograph Josceline Dimbleby
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