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| - Central Asia, India: Mahmud of Ghazna builds an empire from the Amu Darya to the Indus river and devastates NW India; he opens India to Muslim aggression. British Isles: Malachy II of Meath cedes the High Kingship over Ireland to his prominent ally Brian Boru Southern Europe: Arduin of Ivrea reenters Lombardy hailed as king by the rebellious feudatories, risen again against king William of Burgundy; he is crowned in Pavia as the recognized leader of the anti-Burgundian party. Tedaldo of Canossa, the most powerful Lombard ruler, accepts Arduin as king but catches the moment to seize Tuscany and proclaim himself margrave, furtherly increasing his own domains, now a solid block from Brescia and the Garda lake to the boundaries of Papal Latium Central-Eastern Europe: Christianization of the Magyars ;) and foundation of the kingdom of Hungary under Stephen I the Saint, winner in the succession war against the pagan Koppany; the Poles take advantage of the struggle to conquer Slovakia. Central Asia, India: Mahmud of Ghazna again defeats the Hindu Jaipal, raja (king) of Kabul, Kangra (Kashmir) and Bhatinda (Punjab). Northern Hesperia (*OTL America): Erik the Red's son, Leif Eriksson, explores the shores of Helluland (*OTL Baffin island), Markland (*OTL Labrador) and Vinlandria (*OTL Newfoundland); he settles in this last island, where he meets the native and has pitched skirmishes with them, then comes back to Greenland with interesting news but little to show. Southern Europe: Arduin of Ivrea confirms his alliance with Henry III of Germany (*OTL emperor Henry II of the HRE). An attempt by William of Burgundy to cross the Alps to Piedmont is crushed at Mt. Pirchiriano near Turin, thus guaranteeing Lombardy's independence, at least for now. 1002 British Isles: In retaliation for the increasing violence of Norse raids against England, king Ethelred the Unready has all Danes in England massacred on St.Brice's day :mad: Southern Europe: Basileus-Czar Samuel I campaigns in the Sklaviniai (*OTL Balkans) against the rebellious Serbs of Raška/Kosovo, who, despite Samuel's successes, manage to maintain their independence Byzantine Empire: The Fatimids conquer Cilicia fortress by fortress, pushing the Byzantines beyond the Taurus range SE Asia: Civil war rages in the Khmer Empire: Suryavarman I dethrones Jayaviravarman British Isles: Sven I Forkbeard, king of Denmark, avenges his fellow nationals massacred in England :mad: by staging no less than four fierce campaigns in England :eek: , who basically destroy the Anglo-Saxon kingdom; the vassal Welsh principalities take advantage to break free from English yoke, giving also hospitality as mercenaries to many Vikings driven from Ireland Western Europe: Lambert I of Louvain, from the Idulfingian family (descendants of Reginar Langhals and Giselbert of Lorraine and their relatives), founds the county of Brabant (central Belgium), theoretically under German overlordship. Central-Eastern Europe: King Boleslaw of Poland becomes also duke of Bohemia, provoking the worried reaction of the Germans. King Stephen I the Saint of Hungary subdues Transylvania. Central-Eastern Europe: King Boleslaw of Poland liquidates near Prague Sobjeslav, the last ruler of the White Croatians of the Tatras; soon afterwards, though, Henry III of Germany (*OTL emperor Henry II of the HRE) ousts him from Bohemia and pursues him in Poland, gaining the renewed vassalage of that country to Germany. Southern Europe: After another popular revolt in Rome, ruthlessly repressed :eek: , emperor Theophylactus deports thousands of people to Ifrigia (later Punia, *OTL Tunisia). Pope John XIV (*OTL anti-Pope John XVI) withdraws Arduin of Ivrea's excommunication after the new king of Lombardy made rich gifts of lands and money to various monastic orders :rolleyes: . The rich sea-trading town of Pisa asserts its freedom by defeating the Canossan armies at the battles of Acqualunga and Ripafratta; Tedaldo of Canossa has to concede Pisa the state of free town. North Africa: The Western Byzantine imperial fleet, led by the town fleets of Amalfi and Gaeta, crushes the Egyptian Omayyad fleet blockading Bardapolis (*OTL Tunis) :) ; Omayyad aggression is smashed also by land thanks to a series of fierce Zenete raid in the south of Ifrigia and in Tripolitania. After this utter defeat Abu Rakwa, a local Omayyad governor in Cyrenaica, rebels and establishes an independent emirate in Libya Byzantine Empire: The Fatimids again overrun Anatolia in a large raid, touching the Aegean coast before retreating with much booty and slaves; their navy conquers Cyprus :( . Middle East: The Fatimids, at the apogee of their power, finally crush the Buyids at the battle of Shiraz, conquering Fars. India: The Lohara dynasty ascends the throne of Kashmir. Far East: The Khitan/Liao invade northern China up to the Huang He and extort tribute from the Song empire. Western Europe: Protracted three-sided conflict between Lorraine, France and Burgundy over boundary issues and opposite claims to the lands involved. No result is achieved by anyone :D , the only significant consequence being a growing rift between Germany and the two kingdoms of Lorraine and Luxembourg, and a strengthening of the local aristocracy, notably the powerful marquises of Champagne :cool: , second only to the king in France Western Europe: The armies of Maurian Spain attack Navarra but are defeated in the siege of Pamplona. The army commander, duke Isidore of Andalusia, is subsequently murdered by his cousin king Samuel of Spain :mad: , after which misdeed a grave civil war erupts between Samuel and his uncle Augustin the Bold. India: Mahmud of Ghazna conquers the Sindh.
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