The 940s decade ran from January 1, 940, to December 31, 949.
The 950s decade ran from January 1, 950, to December 31, 959.
The 960s decade ran from January 1, 960, to December 31, 969.
The 970s decade ran from January 1, 970, to December 31, 979.
The 980s decade ran from January 1, 980, to December 31, 989.
The 990s decade ran from January 1, 990, to December 31, 999.
Year 969 (CMLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 1st millennium, the 69th year of the 10th century, and the 10th and last year of the 960s decade.
Year 967 (CMLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 966 (CMLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1002 (MII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Year 948 (CMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 962 (CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 963 (CMLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Year 950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 983 (CMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Year 965 (CMLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Year 956 (CMLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
The 1020s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1020, and ended on December 31, 1029.
The Byzantine conquest of Cilicia was a series of conflicts and engagements between the forces of the Byzantine Empire under Nikephoros II Phokas and the Hamdanid ruler of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, over control of the region of Cilicia in southeastern Anatolia. Since the Muslim conquests of the 7th century, Cilicia had been a frontier province of the Muslim world and a base for regular raids against the Byzantine provinces in Anatolia. By the middle of the 10th century, the fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate and the strengthening of Byzantium under the Macedonian dynasty allowed the Byzantines to gradually take the offensive. Under the soldier-emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, with the help of the general and future emperor John I Tzimiskes, the Byzantines overcame the resistance of Sayf al-Dawla, who had taken control of the former Abbasid borderlands in northern Syria, and launched a series of aggressive campaigns that in 964–965 recaptured Cilicia. The successful conquest opened the way for the recovery of Cyprus and Antioch over the next few years, and the eclipse of the Hamdanids as an independent power in the region.
