History
1071
General
Population: 288 Million*
- Medicine: Constantine the African brings Greek medicine to Western world
- Religion: false rumors about Christian persecution spread
- Deaths: Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV
Africa
- East African ports of Kilwa and Gedi send ambassadors to China
Europe
- General: Philip I defeated near Cassel by Robert of Flanders
- England: William the Conqueror defeats rebel Anglo-Saxon Hereward the Wake
End of Norman conquest with 10,000 dead
- Italian States: Normans conquer last Byzantine possessions in Italy
- Scotland: William the Conqueror invades Scotland
Middle East
- General: Seljuks defeat Byzantine army at Battle of Manzikert
- Byzantine Empire: Death of Romanus IV the Emperor due to Turks
Michael VII becomes Eastern Emperor
Start of Byzantine-Turkish Wars to 1116
- Palestine: Turks take Jerusalem and close it to Christians
- Turkey: Turkish leader Alp Arslan the "Lion Hero" fights Byzantine empire