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1015| 1000–1100 | Europe [sports] | ‘Tables’, or backgammon, is introduced to Europe by the Arabs (or reintroduced, as it is similar in name and appearance to the Roman game Tabula). It becomes extremely popular over the next few centuries. The name ‘backgammon’ is first used in the mid-17th century. | | 1015 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [churches and temples] | Decorated bronze doors are made for the Church of St Michael in Hildesheim, Germany. | | c. 1015 | China, Song Empire [painting] | Fan K'uan, whose atmospheric ink landscapes of Chinese mountain scenery epitomize the Northern Song School of painting, is active around this time. | | 1015 | Kiev [political events] | Following the death of St Vladimir I, grand prince of Kiev and first Christian ruler of Russia, he is succeeded by his son, Sviatopolk I, after he murders his brothers, Boris and Gleb. Another brother, Jaroslav, holds out against Sviatopolk in Novgorod. | | 15 July 1015 | Kiev [births and deaths] | St Vladimir I, grand prince of Kiev, who united Kiev and Novgorod into a single state, and who determined the course of Christianity in Russia, dies in Berestova, near Kiev (59). |
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