Considering that the most famous wars or battles happened before 1080, like the Battle of Tours, Manzikert, Charlemagne against the Lombards, Otto I against the Magyars, and the next 'set' of famous battles and wars come during the late period; the three famous English victories of the Hundreds Year's War, the French Loire Campaign, the Spanish Reconquista, the Italian Wars, the Thirty Year's War etc, perhaps the present timeframe of M2TW isn't so ... exciting?

Discuss please.