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Figure Normandy & England conqueror

William the Conqueror

1028 CE – 1087 CE · 59 years

The illegitimate son of a Norman duke who survived childhood assassination attempts, crossed the Channel with six hundred ships, and won England in a single day of battle — then changed its language, law, and landscape forever.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

Figure · Babylonia (modern Iraq)

Hai Gaon

939 CE – 1038 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Figure · Persia / Central Asia

Ibn Sina

980 CE – 1037 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1028 CE and 1087 CE.

1031 CE Dilwara Temples 1038 CE Song-Western Xia Wars 1044 CE Pagan Empire Wars 1048 CE Byzantine–Seljuk Wars 1051 CE Kyiv Pechersk Lavra 1061 CE Norman Conquest of Southern Italy

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Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Serpent Mound Landmark · Americas 300 BCE – 1070 CE Đại Việt Polity · East Asia 1054 CE – 1805 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Viking Invasions Conflict · Europe 793 CE – 1066 CE Khajuraho Temples Landmark · South Asia 950 CE – 1050 CE Seljuk Empire Polity · Middle East 1037 CE – 1194 CE
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