History
1077
General
Population: 291 Million*
- Religion: Pope Gregory expels Emperor Henry IV from church
Henry IV goes as penitent to Canossa and is absolved by Pope - conflict with empire for 100 years
Africa
- Almoravid Dynasty in Ghana to 1087
Europe
- General: St. Albans Abbey built
- England: First English Cluniac monastery at Lewes
- Holy Roman Empire: Conflict between Pope and Emperor begins for next century
Middle East
- Start of Khwarezmina Empire in Near East
Start of Sultanate of Rüm in Near East