Oleg's campaign against Constantinople
A shield on the gates of Constantinople: a chronicle legend
According to the Primary Chronicle, in 907 Prince Oleg sailed on Constantinople with two thousand boats, extracted a huge tribute and nailed his shield to the city gates. Byzantine sources are silent about the raid, but the treaty of 911 confirms that the Rus' won favourable trading terms.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 895 Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin — 12 years earlier
Africa
- c. 900 The bronzes of Igbo-Ukwu — 7 years earlier
- 909 Proclamation of the Fatimid Caliphate — 2 years later
Asia
- 907 Fall of the Tang dynasty — same year
Americas
- c. 900 Rise of Chichen Itza — 7 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Oleg the Wise (aged 62)
- Al-Farabi (aged 35)
- Igor of Kiev (aged 29)
- Æthelstan (aged 13)
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (aged 34)
- Edward the Elder (aged 33)