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The 10th century lasts from 901-1000 AD. The Beowulf manuscript was transcribed (c.1000). Read more about the 10th century in literature.
A History of English Literature - To A.D. 1066
Read more about the period, from "A History of English Literature," by Robert Huntington Fletcher.
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"Sometime during the 10th century AD the Vietnamese adapted the Chinese script to write their own language."
The Arabian Nights - The Thousand and One Nights - Sir Richard Burton
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