i need convincing to play 1066

1066 is the most europey europe with decent time to play. 867 is cool but the ai will never make clean borders and by 950 ireland owns hungary and lotharingia is in 45 little pieces across the map. The extremes are also way more chaotic in 867 i feel like byzantines and the caliphates either die completely or paint the map within 300 years. I just find that 1066 the realms are big enough that nobody can completely steamroll their tiny neighbours. The borders seem to stay a lot more stable, and also the kingdoms we know today are already in existence like the scandenavian kingdoms, England, Italy, etc