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States and territories established in the 960s

  • Song dynastyIn 960, Emperor Taizu of Song seized the throne from the Later Zhou dynasty and began a sixteen-year campaign to reunify China.
  • Holy Roman EmpireOn Christmas Day of 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor in Rome. This event revived a title that had lapsed more than three…