Institutions
- Cahokia the important religious and economic regional centre reaches its peak
- Islam introduced to West-Africa
- Mapungubwe was a city in what is now northern South Africa
- Chetro Ketl is constructed
- Hohokam ceramics began to take place
- Fujiwara no Yorimicho converts the rural villa at Byodo-in into a famous Japanese Buddhist temple.
- The Normans establish Melfi as the capital of southern Italy
- Construction begins on the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio
- West Mebon was built in Angkor
Technology
- Astrolabe used in Europe
- Around this time, the use of the heavy plow came about
- Brewing beer started around this time
- Arabs brought their decimal system to Spain
- Adoption of gunpowder
- Invention of spectacles
- Greatly improved watermills
- Perfecting their agriculture
- Building of clocks became better
- As well as ships in general
Governance
- Swedish forces attack Finland
- King Anund Jacob of Sweden was succeeded by Emund the Old
- Tughril Beg conquers Isfahan and establishes Seljuk capital there
- The city of Oslo is founded in Norway
- Around the time Edward the Confessor rules England with the support of the Danes
- The East-West Schism or the Great Schism began somewhere around this time
- Devon and Cornwall moved to Exeter
- The former Nine Year War began
- Edward expels the Godwine family
- Udayadityavarman II ruled the Angkor Kingdom
Commerce
- The first agricultural revolution of Medieval Europe
- Monks Mound under construction at Cahokia, Illinois
- An Anasazi trade center in New Mexico offered pottery, turquoise and buffalo meat
- Climate improved so the crops could be grown more reliably
1050 BC
Institutions
- Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant from Israel in battle
- The Centennial Stump, a giant sequoia, started its growth
- Many small local iron industries appeared
- Large tempered earth walls were built in Ancient China
- Intricate cast bronze vessels
Technology
- Flywheel-driven saqiya chain pump and noria developed by Ibn Bassal
- The Duke of Chou in China builds either an early "south-pointing carriage" or magnetic compass
- Bronzeware script in greater use
- New types of graves (long dromoi)
- Mycenean influences in pottery decoration
- Around this time a pottery style called Protogeometric improved
Governance
- Death of Zhou kang wang
- Zhou zhao wang becomes king
- Saul becomes the first King of Ancient Israel
- Shang Dynasty ends in Ancient China
- Zhou Dynasty begins to take place
- Battle of Muye
- The Kingdom of Ledra
- United Monarchy of Israel
Commerce
- Enkomi/Tuzla was an important trading center for copper
- Settlers from mainland Greece migrated across the Aegean Sea
- Marks the change from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age
SOURCES
http://www.virtuescience.com/1050.html
http://ehistory.osu.edu/
http://www.worldtimelines.org/
http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/mepage.htm
http://www.viking.no/e/etimeline.htm
http://www.historyexplorer.net/?World_History_Timeline:752_AD_-_1300_AD
http://din-timelines.com/1050-1069_timeline.shtml
http://www.jamtan.com/jamtan/fulani.cfm?chap=2&linksPage=219
http://www.cambodia-travel.com/khmer/angkor-era1181.htm
http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/mapungubwe.ht
http://wikipedia.com
http://www.colorado.edu/Conferences/chaco/tour/ketl.htm
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