
Events 970s – Fountain pen invented
974 Fountain pen is invented Events 974: Fountain pen: invented at the request of al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah in Arab Egypt. 971: Song dynasty recorded the ancient sovereign state of Ma-i on the list of states conducting trade in the south seas and the government’s efforts to regulate and tax this “luxurious” trade. 975: Ghaznavids dynasty, as the first Turk Sultanate, was established in Central Asia. 979: Song dynasty reunites China. In 975, the state of Wuyue sent to the Song dynasty a unit of soldiers skilled in the handling of fire arrows. In the same year, the Song used fire arrows to destroy the fleet of Southern Tang. The city of Brussels is founded by Charles, duke of Lower […]