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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1100s 1110s 1120s – 1130s – 1140s 1150s 1160s
Years:	1134 1135 1136 – 1137 – 1138 1139 1140

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Year 1137 (MCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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The Ethiopian Empire is established under the Zagwe dynasty.
First commercial treaty between the Almohads and a Christian power. Genoa obtains trading rights in the ports of North Africa.^[1]

In Song Dynasty China, a fire breaks out in the new capital of Hangzhou; the government suspends the requirement of rent payments, alms of 108,840 kg (120 tons) of rice are distributed to the poor, and items such as bamboo, planks, and rush-matting are exempt from government taxation.

A fleet of thirty-seven Almoravid ships attacks the coasts of Southern Italy under Norman rule.^[2]
Louis VII is crowned King of France. He subsequently marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X.
Rochester Cathedral is severely damaged by a fire, but is soon rebuilt.

^ Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

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