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1030, Polish & Byzantine expansion

1002 Boleslav the Brave adds Lusatia to Poland.

1008 Georgia is formed by uniting Abasgia and Iberia.

1012 Sveyn Forkbeard conquers England.

1015 Prince Vladimir of Russia dies and the country plunges into civil war.

1018 Boleslav takes Galicia from Russia. The Byzantines eliminate the West Bulgarian Empire and bring the Serbs into vassalage.

1022 The Byzantines annex the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan.

1028 Cnut adds Norway to the Danish Empire.

by 1030 Only 3 principalities remain in Russia: Polotsk, Novgorod and Chernigov. The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba disintegrates into 20 competing principalities. Navarre gains territory, including parts of Leon. Berber dynasties appear in North Africa.

Sources

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History, Colin McEvedy, pp 58-59

The Times History of Europe, Mark Almond et al., pp 72-73

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