British Isles: Harthacanute rules England with an iron fist and heavy taxation. Lady Godiva, wife of the earl of Mercia Leofric, rides naked :D through the streets of Coventry to protest against the taxes, gaining a tax cut for her people Southern Europe: Central-Eastern Europe: Central Asia: The eastern branch of the Oghuz/Ouzoi Turks, the Turkmens, conquer Khorezm, which undergoes a deep Turkicization; the Seljuks prop up a client kingdom in Kerman (Persia/Iran). Norhern Europe: Southern Europe: 1042 British Isles, Northern Europe: Southern Europe: Central-Eastern Europe: Central Asia: SE Asia: SE Asia: