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Battle of Như Nguyệt River
Lý Thường Kiệt halts the Song invasion at the Như Nguyệt (Cầu) River; tradition links the poem "Nam quốc sơn hà" to the battle.
War· Vietnam, China
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Walk to Canossa
During the Investiture Controversy, Emperor Henry IV goes to Canossa to seek absolution from Pope Gregory VII.
ReligionPolitics· Italy, Germany
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The Ghana Empire in West Africa
The Soninke Ghana Empire (Wagadu) flourished in what is now Mauritania and Mali, growing rich from control of the trans-Saharan gold and salt trade.
DynastyEconomy· Mauritania, Mali