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Layout for millennium pages
Here is the format for the millennium pages

Infobox Each millennium should have an infobox at the top right. The templates will be the template Millenniumbox

Intro section The first paragraph in the introduction explains the the start date and end date for the millennium as well as the type of calendar the millennium belongs to. Editors may choose to explain what the millennium is not as popular dating often conflicts with official dating. It is recommended that editors then attempt to summarize the essence of the millennium in a few paragraphs, similar to other wikipedia articles.

Sections

Civilizations can be divided by continent and organized in columns Events and trends The events section can be divided into centuries. Care should be taken not to list every important event of the millennium, but choose those that best represent the overall trends of the period.

11th century

 * yyyy Event 1
 * yyyy Event 2
 * yyyy Event 3

12th century

 * yyyy Event 1
 * yyyy Event 2
 * yyyy Event 3

13th centruy

 * yyyy Event 1
 * yyyy Event 2
 * yyyy Event 3

Significant people can be divided by continent and century. Care should be taken to provide representative examples from each century and each continent whenever possible. The following table may serve as a guide.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions can be grouped together into subtopics such as science, mathematics, communications, transportation and warfare.

Centuries and decades

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