10th century
Viking Age period
The 10th century is the period from 901 to 1000 CE.
In historical usage, centuries are numbered one higher than their starting digits—the 1900s are the 20th century, the 2000s are the 21st.
A 10th-century manuscript dates from this period.
The pattern applies to all centuries: 18th-century architecture, 21st-century technology.
- Fatimid CaliphateShia dynasty ruling medieval Egypt
- Norse sagasMedieval Icelandic prose narratives
- Viking AgeScandinavian maritime expansion era
- Holy Roman EmpireMedieval Germanic political entity
- Chinese ceramicsPottery from East Asia
reliquaries · illuminated manuscripts · Book of Kells · parchment scrolls · Byzantine Empire · Islamic Golden Age · Viking longships · Córdoba · Silk Road · trade routes · Carolingian · feudal lords · Persian · Balkans · Byzantium · monks · sagas · illuminated
10th century21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
modern era · modern times · space age · 20th century · digital age
10th centuryantiquity
Great age, ancient era
prehistoric era · ancient times · Stone Age · Bronze Age · dawn of civilization
10th centurymodern age
Current historical epoch
modernity · antiquity · ancient world · classical antiquity · prehistoric era