Vladimir Monomakh in Kiev
The last prince to whom all of Rus' submits
After a popular uprising in 1113, the people of Kiev invited Vladimir Monomakh to the throne. He issued a statute curbing usury and briefly restored the unity of Rus', which broke apart after the death of his son Mstislav.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 1088 University of Bologna — 25 years earlier
Middle East
- 1099 Crusaders capture Jerusalem — 14 years earlier
Asia
- c. 1113–1150 Construction of Angkor Wat — same year
Alive at the time
- Omar Khayyam (aged 65)
- Vladimir II Monomakh (aged 60)
- Hildegard of Bingen (aged 15)
- Yuri Dolgoruky (aged 14)
- Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 2)
- Sviatopolk II (aged 63)
- Nestor the Chronicler (aged 57)
- Henry I Beauclerc (aged 45)
- Lothair III (aged 38)
- Mstislav the Great (aged 37)