The Kara-Khanids, in the final decade of the tenth century, begin a struggle against the Samanids for control of Transoxiana with a campaign led by the grandson of Satuk Bughra Khan, Hasan (or Harun) b. Sulayman (title: Bughra Khan).

Between 990-992, the Kara-Khanids have taken Isfijab, …

…Ferghana, …

…Ilaq, Samarkand, and …

…the Samanid capital Bukhara.

However, Hasan Bughra Khan dies in 992 due to an illness, and the Samanids return to Bukhara.

Mieszko is considered the first ruler of Poland’s Piast Dynasty (named for the legendary peasant founder of the family), which endured for four centuries.

Between 967 and 990, Mieszko had taken over substantial territory along the Baltic Sea and in the region known as Little Poland to the south.

By the time he officially submitted to the authority of the Holy See in Rome in 990, Mieszko had transformed his country into one of the strongest powers in Eastern Europe.

Mieszko's son and successor Boleslaw I (992–1025), known as the Brave, or the Mighty, is to build on his father's achievements and become the most successful Polish monarch of the early medieval era.

Boleslaw will continue the policy of appeasing the German Empire while taking advantage of its political situation to gain territory wherever possible.

The circumstances in which Boleslaw takes control of the country following the passing of his father anticipates what will later become a prevalent practice among the Piast dynasty: the struggle for control, usually a military one, among the offspring of nearly every deceased monarch of the Piast dynasty.

Boleslaw is no different, and shortly after the death of Mieszko I (May 25, 992), he banishes his stepmother Oda and his two half-brothers, as they are competitors to the throne.

The exact circumstances of Boleslaw's ascension to the Ducal throne are unknown, but it is known that by June, he was the unquestioned ruler of Poland—as Emperor Otto III asked for his military aid in the summer of 992.

Immediately after gaining the full control over Poland, Boleslaw also quells the opposition of powerful families by blinding two of their leaders, the magnates Odylen and Przybywoj.

As cruel a sentence as this is, it proves most effective as it results in such obedience of his subjects that from this point on there is no mention of any challenge to his position whatsoever.

Basil has lost Moesia to the Bulgarians, despite the capture of the titular emperor Roman of Bulgaria in 991.

Basil concludes a treaty with Pietro Orseolo II in 992 by which the terms of Venice's custom duties in Constantinople will be reduced from thirty nomismata to seventeen nomismata in return for the Venetians agreeing to transport imperial troops to southern Italy in times of war.

Samuel transfers his capital southwestward in 992 from Skopje to …

…the religious and cultural center at Ohrid in western Macedonia.

Aoudaghost (also known as Awadaghust, Awdughast, Awdaghusht and Awdhaghurst) is an important oasis town at the southern end of a trans-Saharan caravan route that is mentioned in a number of early Arabic manuscripts.

The archaeological ruins at Tegdaoust in southern Mauritania are thought to be the remains of the medieval town.

The earliest mention of Aoudaghost is by al-Yaqubi in his Kitab al-Buldan completed in 889-890 in which he described the town as being controlled by a tribe of the Sanhaja and situated 50 stages south of Sijilmasa across the Sahara desert.

"It is the residence of their king who has no religion or law.

He raids the land of the Sudan who have many kingdoms."

From Ibn Hawqal writing in around 977 we learn that the distance from Aoudaghost to Ghana (presumably the capital of the Empire) was ten days' journey for a lightly loaded caravan.

Ibn Hawqal wrote that the "king of Awdaghurst maintains relations with the ruler of Ghana" which suggests that at that time Aoudaghost was not part of the Ghana Empire.

He also mentions the trade in gold and writes that the king of Ghana is very rich because of his stocks of gold but that the kings of Ghana and Kugha "stand in pressing need of [the goodwill of] the king of Awdaghust because of the salt which comes to them from the lands of Islam."

The Ghana Empire captures the Berber town in 992.

Fulk III Extends Angevin Power Over Maine and Touraine

Following his victory over Conan I of Brittany at the Battle of Conquereuil in 992, Fulk III of Anjou expanded his authority beyond Brittany, consolidating Angevin control over the strategically vital Counties of Maine and Touraine. His campaigns in these regions further solidified Anjou’s position as one of the dominant feudal powers in western France.

Expansion into Maine

• The County of Maine, situated between Anjou and Normandy, was a contested region between the Counts of Anjou and the Dukes of Normandy.
• Fulk III took advantage of regional instability and extended Angevin influence over Maine, making it semi-dependent on Anjou.
• Although Maine would remain a highly contested territory in later decades, Fulk’s intervention laid the groundwork for future Angevin dominance in the region.