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Year '''1000''' ('''[[Roman numerals|M]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. It was also the last year of the [[10th century]] as well as the last year of the [[1st millennium]] of the [[Common Era|Christian era]] ending on [[December 31st]], but the first year of the 1000s decade. Popular culture sometimes holds the year 1000 as the first year of the [[11th century]] and the [[2nd millennium]], due to a tendency to group the years according to [[decimal]] values, as if a [[year zero]] were counted. According to the Gregorian Calendar, this distinction falls to the year [[1001]], because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with year [[1]]. Since the calendar has no year zero, its first [[millennium]] spans from years 1 to 1000, inclusive. Year '''1000''' ('''[[Roman numerals|M]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. It was also the last year of the [[10th century]] as well as the last year of the [[1st millennium]] of the [[Common Era|Christian era]] ending on [[December 31st]], but the first year of the 1000s decade. Popular culture sometimes holds the year 1000 as the first year of the [[11th century]] and the [[2nd millennium]], due to a tendency to group the years according to [[decimal]] values, as if a [[year zero]] were counted. According to the Gregorian Calendar, this distinction falls to the year [[1001]], because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with year [[1]]. Since the calendar has no year zero, its first [[millennium]] spans from years 1 to 1000, inclusive.

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Year 1000 (M) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was also the last year of the 10th century as well as the last year of the 1st millennium of the Christian era ending on December 31st, but the first year of the 1000s decade. Popular culture sometimes holds the year 1000 as the first year of the 11th century and the 2nd millennium, due to a tendency to group the years according to decimal values, as if a year zero were counted. According to the Gregorian Calendar, this distinction falls to the year 1001, because the 1st century was retroactively said to start with year 1. Since the calendar has no year zero, its first millennium spans from years 1 to 1000, inclusive.

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Arab and Muslim world

The Arab world and the Islamic World were experiencing a Golden Age around the year 1000. The Abbasid Caliphate controlled a large geographic area, and maintained extensive trade networks.

The scientific achievements of the Muslim Civilization also reach their zenith during this time. Most of the leading scientists around the year 1000 were Muslim scientists, including Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen), Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Avicenna, Abu al-Qasim (Abulcasis), Ibn Yunus, Abu Sahl al-Quhi (Kuhi), Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi, Abu Nasr Mansur, Abu al-Wafa, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Al-Muqaddasi, Ali Ibn Isa, and al-Karaji (al-Karkhi), among others.

In particular, Ibn al-Haytham, Avicenna, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, and Abu al-Qasim, who all flourished around the year 1000, are considered to be among the greatest scientists of the Middle Ages.

Europe

Hungary was established in 1000 as a Christian state. In the next centuries, the Kingdom of Hungary became the pre-eminent cultural power in the Central European region.

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