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The Minamoto clan of Japan defeats the Tairas and establishes the Kamakura shogunate. During this period of feudalism, which lasts until 1333, powerful military governors known as shoguns (generals-in-chief) are the real rulers of Japan.
Isaac Comnenus, Byzantine governor of Cyprus, declares himself the independent ruler of the island.
King William II (the Good) leads his Norman Sicilian troops across Greece and occupies Thessalonica, the second most important city of the Byzantine Empire. News of the defeat sparks a revolt in Constantinople. Andronicus I Comnenus is killed by a street mob. Isaac II Angelus seizes the throne.
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