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| - India, Central Asia: Kashmiri forces take Kbul, but are rapidly beaten back by the local Hindu Shahi rulers. Southern Europe: HRCEW (*Holy Roman Catholic emperor/Empire of the West) Louis IV of Provence gets a solemn coronation at the hands of Pope Benedict IV after marrying Theodora, niece of basileus Bardas II the Great. New Magyar incursion into northern Italy/Lombardy. Western Europe: Upon king Rainulf IIIs death, Aquitaine passes to the Dukes of Auvergne with William I the Pious: the royal title is discarded and Aquitaine is reduced again to a Duchy, acknowledging at least formal French suzerainty Central-Eastern Europe: The Magyars conquer the Slavic Balaton principality and subdue the local Slavs. Far East: In the turmoil going along with the slow crumbling of Silla, in central Korea the ephemeral State of Majin/Taebong quickly rises and falls British Isles: The Irish take Dublin from the Vikings; the Isle of Man is taken over by their comrades in York/Jorvik. Most of the Welsh principalities acknowledge Anglo-Saxon overlordship. North Africa: The Byzantines crush the Ifriqid army at Tafrura (*OTL Sfax) consolidating Constantinoples hold over coastal Ifrigia (*later Punia, OTL Tunisia) Byzantine Empire: The renegade Leo of Tripoli, in the service of the Ifriqids, leads devastating pirate raids in the Aegean sea from his base in Crete. Northern Europe: Due to the weakness of the power held by Regnier and his son Wigerich, royal authority over Germany declines, and the so-called Stem Duchies (Saxony, Bavaria, Franconia, Thuringia, Swabia) take strength Byzantine Empire: Bardas II, one of the greatest Byzantine rulers ever, dies in Constantinople. He is succeeded by his son Eustace II Middle East: The rebel Qarmatians invade Syria and besiege Damascus; the Abbasids take advantage to wrench most of Syria and Lebanon from Omayyad/Zanjid Egypt. Central Asia, Middle East: The Saffarids fail in the attempt to subdue Daylam and Tabaristan (regions of northern Persia/Iran) Byzantine Empire: The renegade Leo of Tripoli settle a new pirate base in Thasos, destroys Demetrias (Thessaly) and sacks Thessalonica, the second city of the empire. Middle East: Abbasid forces retake Jerusalem and enforce overlordship over Mecca and Medina (Hijaz), frightened by Qarmatian raids. Far East: Zhu Wen eliminates the Chinese emperor Zhaozong and installs on the throne his own puppet, Zhaoxuan, another Tang scion. Southern Europe: In Rome the pro-Byzantine faction prevails, led by the Tuscolo family: Sergius III ascends the throne of Peter after strangling with his own hands his predecessor Christopher (who in turn had eliminated Leo V...) marking the nadir of the Papacy, the years of the pornocracy, with the Holy See in the greedy hands of Theodora, wife of count Teofilatto of Tuscolo, and their perverse daughter, Marozia. Meantime the Magyars again ravage Lombardy exacting tribute from HRCEW Louis IV of Provence Northern Europe: Wigerich succeeds his despised father Regnier as king of Germany Central-Eastern Europe: Upon the death of his ceremonial co-king (knd) Kurszan, Gyula Arpad remains the sole ruler of the Magyar people North Africa: The Abbasid army, fanaticized by the Sunni Wali (the Muslim Pope) Abdallah I ibn Fuad, the real power behind the throne of Baghdad, invades and conquers Egypt crushing Zanjid rule of the country and killing the Omayyad Caliph Abdullah. The young heir to the Egyptian throne of Fustat/Cairo, Abd ar-Rahman III, takes refuge in Cyrenaica under the protection of friendly Kharijite tribesmen Far East: Yel Abaoji founds the Khitan empire in Manchuria.
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