University of Bologna
Students hire law teachers — and the university is born
The University of Bologna traditionally dates its founding to 1088. It grew out of student guilds studying Roman law and is considered the oldest university in continuous operation.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1113 Vladimir Monomakh in Kiev — 25 years later
- c. 1113 The Primary Chronicle — 25 years later
Middle East
- 1099 Crusaders capture Jerusalem — 11 years later
Africa
- c. 1070 The Almoravids found Marrakesh — 18 years earlier
Asia
- c. 1113–1150 Construction of Angkor Wat — 25 years later
Alive at the time
- Omar Khayyam (aged 40)
- Henry IV (aged 38)
- Vladimir II Monomakh (aged 35)
- Vsevolod I (aged 58)
- Shen Kuo (aged 57)
- Sviatopolk II (aged 38)
- Philip I (aged 36)
- Nestor the Chronicler (aged 32)
- William II Rufus (aged 32)
- Al-Ghazali (aged 30)