History
1171
General
Population: 371 Million*
Africa
- Egypt: Saladin overthrows Fatimid dynasty and Egyptian caliph – Saladin names self sultan to 1174
End of Fatimid period of growth and religious tolerance in Egypt and founding of Al-Quhira (Cairo) and building of Al-Aazhar mosque
Start of Ayyubid period in Egypt – Salah al Din liberates Palestine
Europe
- England: River bank collapses in Essex revealing giant fossilized bones attributed to a 40-foot man
- Ireland: Henry II of England invades Ireland, receives homage from King of Leinster, and starts 750 years of English reign over Irish
Irish chergy forced to submit to Rome
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