Rise of Tollan, capital of the Toltecs
The Toltecs become legendary ancestors to the Aztecs
Around 950 the city of Tollan (Tula) in central Mexico became the capital of the Toltecs. The warrior columns of its temple and its influence on Chichen Itza made the Toltecs legendary forebears in the eyes of the later Aztecs.
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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)