1054

In 1054: 3 events across 3 regions, including East–West Schism: the excommunications of 1054, Reign of Yaroslav the Wise in Kyiv, The ‘guest star’ of 1054: Song astronomers record a supernova.

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• Igbo-Ukwu: bronze casting in the West African forest800–899 – 1100–1199 · Africa
• Middle Sicán: the Lambayeque culture at its height at Batán Grandec. 900 – c. 1100 · Latin America
• Tula and the Toltecs: the leading city of central Mexicoc. 900 – c. 1150 · Latin America
• Pueblo II: stone pueblos and the Chaco worldc. 900 – c. 1150 · North America
• The Banu Hilal invade Ifriqiyabetween 1050 and 1051 – 1057 · Africa
• The Cumans reach the Black Sea steppes and the borders of Rus’between 1054 and 1055 – between 1061 and 1062 · Eastern Europe
• Anawrahta builds the Pagan Empire1044–1077 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
• The caliphate of al-Mustansir and the ‘Mustansirite hardship’13 June 1036 – 29 December 1094 · Middle East and Egypt
• Classic Mimbres: the painted bowls of the Mogollonc. 1000 – between 1130 and 1150 · North America
• Collapse of Tiwanakuc. 1000 – c. 1150 · Latin America
• The Almoravids: from a desert reform movement to an empirebetween 1039 and 1046 – 1147 · Africa
• K2 (Bambandyanalo) and the rise of Mapungubwec. 1000 – c. 1220 · Africa
• Chimor: the Chimú kingdom and its capital Chan Chanc. 900 – c. 1470 · Latin America