Medieval Warm Period
Warmth carries the Vikings to Greenland and America
From about 950 to 1250 the North Atlantic was noticeably warmer. In these centuries the Norse farmed Greenland and reached America, and vineyards grew in England. The warmth was not globally synchronous; it peaked at different times in different regions.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 939 Eldgjá eruption — 11 years earlier
- 962 Coronation of Otto I — 12 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 966 Baptism of Poland — 16 years later
Africa
- 969 Founding of Cairo — 19 years later
- 972 Al-Azhar Mosque opens — 22 years later
Asia
- 946 Millennium Eruption of Mount Paektu — 4 years earlier
- 960 Founding of the Song dynasty — 10 years later
Alive at the time
- Otto the Great (aged 38)
- Olga of Kiev (aged 30)
- Ferdowsi (aged 10)
- Hugh Capet (aged 10)
- Sviatoslav I (aged 8)
- Edgar the Peaceful (aged 7)