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Event archaeological Africa

Mapungubwe

1075 CE – 1220 CE

South Africa's first kingdom, where a gold-plated rhinoceros was found atop a sandstone hill at the Limpopo confluence.

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Standing in 1075 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Armenia Polity · Europe 323 BCE – 2026 CE Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE

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1061 CE Norman Conquest of Southern Italy 1066 CE Norman Conquest of England 1066 CE Tower of London 1070 CE Bergen 1070 CE Temple of Literature 1071 CE Battle of Manzikert