Children
1010
| 1010 • Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) which will be regarded as the national epic of the greater Iranian culture. |
1071
Age: 61y
| 1071 • Battle of Manzikert: The Byzantine Empire loses to an army of Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan. Byzantine civil war resulted in Turkish conquest of Anatolia. |