The Golden Age of Japan: Lady Murasaki and the Shining Prince (TRIH eps 560-561)
1002–1008 · Resource
A two-part series on Heian Japan through its literature: The Tale of Genji as masterpiece and historical window, then court culture as seen in Sei Shōnagon's The Pillow Book and Murasaki Shikibu's writing.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1002
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- William the Conqueror (1028)
- The Tale of Genji (1008)
- Almoravid Empire founded (1050)
- Shahnameh completed (1010)