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1000–1100Europe [sports]‘Tables’, or backgammon, is introduced to Europe by the Arabs (or reintroduced, as it is similar in name and appearance to the Roman game Tabula). It becomes extremely popular over the next few centuries. The name ‘backgammon’ is first used in the mid-17th century.
1078–1124Spain, France [churches and temples]Work begins on the Romanesque cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, using French masons. Built on a huge scale to accommodate the large number of pilgrims, it is largely completed by 1124.
c. 1090France, England [art]The Bayeux tapestry, a pictorial record of the Norman conquest of England, is embroidered. It may have been commissioned by Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror.
29 April 1090Byzantine Empire [wars]Aided by the Cumans, a nomadic people of Turkish origin, Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus defeats the Pechenegs, a Turkish people settled in the area of modern Ukraine, who are blockading Constantinople, at Mount Levunium.


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