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969| 900–1000 | Pacific [colonization] | The Polynesian ancestors of the Maori people discover and begin the settlement of New Zealand. | | 969 | China [sports] | The Chinese introduce playing cards. The earliest known pack consists of 56 cards divided into 4 suits of 14 cards each. The cards are printed in several inks, using separate wood blocks for each part of the pattern. They are used as paper money as well as for gaming. | | 6 July 969 | Egypt, Fatimid Caliphate [political events] | The fourth Fatimid caliph (Islamic ruler), al-Mu'izz, already ruling Kairouan, the Maghreb, and Libya in northern Africa, conquers Egypt and extinguishes the Ikshidid dynasty. He founds a new capital at Cairo, Egypt, which becomes the centre of a Shiite empire. | | 10 December 969 | Byzantine Empire [political events] | The general John Tzimisces, becomes Byzantine emperor after murdering the emperor Nicephorus II, in a conspiracy with Nicephorus's wife, Theophano, who is his lover. |
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