889-1431 Kingdom of Angkor in Southeast Asia
1096-1270 Crusades to the Holy Land
1126 Jurchens establish Jin empire in China
1127-1279 Southern Song empire
1200 Rise of Sultanate of Kilwa in East Africa
1206 Mongol tribes unite under Chinggis Khan
1206-1290 Delhi Sultanate in India
1215 Fourth Lateran Council in Rome
1230 Consolidation of Mali empire in West Africa
1234 Fall of Jin dynasty to Mongols
1250 Mamluk dynasty established in Egypt
1258 Fall of Abbasid empire to Mongols
1265-1335 Il-khanate in Iraq and Persia
1271-1295 Marco Polo travels to East Asia
1271 Mongols found Yuah dynasty in China
1274 Mongols attempt to invade Japan
1279 End of Southern Song empire
1281 Second Mongol attempt to invade Japan
1300 Rise of Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
1313 Last Mongol Il-khan converts to Islam
1324-1325 Mansa Musa makes pilgrimage to Mecca
1325-1369 Ibn Battuta travels the Islamic world
1325 Mexicas found Tenochtitlán
1333 Collapse of Kamakura political order in Japan

 

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