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1110

Abbey of Ani rebuilt in Armenia

1110

The medieval Armenian capital, damaged by earthquakes and Seljuk raids, saw its great cathedral restored by wealthy Armenian merchants under loose Georgian overlordship. Ani was known as the city of a thousand and one churches, and for a generation it was again one of the most beautiful cities in the Christian East.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: July 12, 1109: Crusaders capture Tripoli
After: 1111: Death of al-Ghazali

Before and after in Culture

Before: 1109: Goryeo court commissions the Tripitaka
After: 1111: Ananda Temple completed at Pagan

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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.