Zagwe dynasty consolidates in Ethiopia
1129
In the highlands of Lasta, the Zagwe kings tightened their grip on the Ethiopian throne they had seized from the old Aksumite line a generation earlier. Ruling from the mountain town of Roha - later renamed Lalibela - they poured resources into monolithic rock-hewn churches carved straight down from the living basalt, creating a Christian kingdom that owed nothing to Rome or Byzantium.
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Also in 1129 (3 other events on record)
- Council of Troyes endorses the Templars · Europe · Religion
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.