The Burana Tower of Balasagun
A Karakhanid capital's minaret loses half its height
In the 11th century a brick minaret about 45 metres tall rose in Balasagun, one of the Karakhanid capitals. Earthquakes brought down its upper half, and the 25-metre stump now stands alone in a field of ancient stone balbal figures.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1066 Battle of Hastings — 16 years later
- 1066 Halley's Comet over England — 16 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1037 Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev — 13 years earlier
Middle East
- 1025 Avicenna's Canon of Medicine — 25 years earlier
- 1054 East–West Schism — 4 years later
- 1064 Seljuk capture of Ani — 14 years later
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Africa
- c. 1070 The Almoravids found Marrakesh — 20 years later
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- Yaroslav the Wise (aged 72)
- Edward the Confessor (aged 47)
- William the Conqueror (aged 22)
- Omar Khayyam (aged 2)
- Henry IV (aged 0)
- Henry I (aged 42)
- Henry III (aged 34)
- Iziaslav I (aged 26)
- Vsevolod I (aged 20)
- Shen Kuo (aged 19)