Decade · 1200 – 1209
The world in the 1200s
From 1200 to 1209 the atlas holds 400 states standing at some time. 55 things began - Kathmandu, Mongol Empire and Delhi Sultanate among them - and 14 ended; 65 people were born and 46 died, 3 of all these dated only to the decade.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
What began in the 1200s
By kind, the best known first.
States 27
- Kathmandu · state · 1202 – 1761
- Mongol Empire · state · 1206 – 1368
- Delhi Sultanate · state · 1206 – 1526
- Latin Empire · state · 1204 – 1261
- Empire of Nicaea · state · 1204 – 1261
- Empire of Trebizond · state · 1204 – 1461
- Despotate of Epirus · state · 1205 – 1479
- Livonian Brothers of the Sword · state · 1202 – 1237
and 19 more in the atlas.
Wars and battles 26
- Fourth Crusade · war · 1202 – 1204
- Albigensian Crusade · battle · 1209 – 1229
- Mongol conquests · battle · 1206 – 1337
- Sack of Constantinople · battle · 1204
- Siege of Zara · battle · 1202
- Battle of Adrianople · battle · 1205
- Siege of Constantinople · battle · 1203
- Mongol conquest of China · war · 1205 – 1279
and 18 more in the atlas.
Treaties 2
- Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae · treaty · 1204
- Treaty of Le Goulet · treaty · 1200
What ended in the 1200s
States 10
- Ghana Empire · state · 100 – 1200
- Duchy of Spoleto · state · 570 – 1203
- Pallars Sobirà · state · 1040 – 1201
- Khamag Mongol · state · 1120 – 1206
- Kyrgyz Khaganate · state · 693 – 1207
- Shah-Armens · state · 1100 – 1207
- Negroponte · state · 1206 – 1209
- Taifa of Majorca · state · 1076 – 1203
and 2 more in the atlas.
Wars and battles 4
- Fourth Crusade · war · 1202 – 1204
- Siege of Trebizond · battle · 1205 – 1206
- Invasion of Normandy by Philip II of France · war · 1202 – 1204
- Loon War · war · 1203 – 1206
Born and died
Born 65
- Rumi · philosopher · 1207 – 1273
- Albertus Magnus · bishop · 1200 – 1280
- Batu Khan · military leader · 1205 – 1256
- Henry III of England · monarch · 1207 – 1272
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi · astronomer · 1201 – 1274
- Razia Sultan · ruler · 1205 – 1240
- James I of Aragon · ruler · 1208 – 1276
- Möngke Khan · ruler · 1209 – 1259
- Güyük Khan · ruler · 1206 – 1248
- Béla IV of Hungary · monarch · 1206 – 1270
- Mindaugas · ruler · 1203 – 1263
- Berke · ruler · 1209 – 1267
- Sancho II of Portugal · politician · 1207 – 1248
- Haakon IV · person · 1204 – 1263
- Ladislaus III of Hungary · monarch · 1201 – 1205
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester · politician · 1208 – 1265
and 49 more in the atlas.
Died 46
- Zhu Xi · philosopher · 1130 – 1200
- Maimonides · astronomer · 1138 – 1204
- Eleanor of Aquitaine · person · 1124 – 1204
- Alexios IV Angelos · ruler · 1182 – 1204
- Alexios V Doukas · ruler · 1140 – 1204
- Isaac II Angelos · politician · 1155 – 1204
- Muhammad of Ghor · monarch · 1144 – 1206
- Enrico Dandolo · politician · 1107 – 1205
- Ladislaus III of Hungary · monarch · 1201 – 1205
- Baldwin I, Latin Emperor · monarch · 1172 – 1205
- Philip of Swabia · religious leader · 1177 – 1208
- Emeric, King of Hungary · monarch · 1174 – 1204
- Isabella I of Jerusalem · person · 1172 – 1205
- Kaloyan of Bulgaria · person · 1168 – 1207
- Canute VI of Denmark · politician · 1163 – 1202
- Constantine Laskaris · monarch · 1170 – 1205
and 30 more in the atlas.
States of the 1200s
The states that stood at some time in the 1200s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1200.
Europe219 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Sverker the Younger, Monarch of Sweden since 1195
- Denmark · 800 – present · Canute VI of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1182
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Kyivan Rus' · 882 – 1240
and 211 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa56 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Alexios III Angelos, Byzantine emperor since 1195
- Abbasid Caliphate · 750 – 1258 · Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph since 1180
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Latin Empire · 1204 – 1261
- Kingdom of Jerusalem · 1099 – 1291 · Isabella I of Jerusalem, monarch since 1190 and Aimery of Cyprus, monarch since 1198
- Ayyubid dynasty · 1171 – 1341 · Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt since 1198 and Al-Adil I, Sultan of Egypt since 1200
- Sultanate of Rum · 1077 – 1307 · Suleiman II of Rum, Sultan of Rum since 1196
and 48 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa9 states
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897 · Eweka I, Oba of Benin since 1200
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Kingdom of Mapungubwe · 1075 – 1220
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Kingdom of Damot · 1100 – 1317
- Kingdom of Ardra · 1100 – 1724
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
and 1 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia48 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526
- Tibetans · 850 – 1259
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Kulothunga III, Chola king since 1178
- Ghurid dynasty · 1011 – 1215 · Muhammad of Ghor, sultan since 1173
- Kara-Khanid Khanate · 840 – 1212
- Mamluk dynasty · 1206 – 1290
- Qara Khitai · 1124 – 1218 · Yelü Zhilugu, emperor since 1177
and 40 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia36 states
- Mongol Empire · 1206 – 1368
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Emperor Ningzong, Emperor of China since 1194
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431 · Jayavarman VII, King of the Khmer Empire since 1181
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Vidyanandana, king since 1190
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Jin dynasty (1115–1234) · 1115 – 1234 · Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, Emperor of China since 1189
- Western Xia · 1038 – 1227
and 28 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania14 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Ancestral Puebloans · 850 – 1304
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Norse settlement of North America · 1072 – 1384
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Manco Cápac, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1200
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown18 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Alania · 801 – 1201
- Khamag Mongol · 1120 – 1206 · Genghis Khan, Borjigin Khan & 1st Khan of the Khamag Mongol since 1189
- Chinggisids · 1206
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1180 – 1229: every state, war and life of the 1200s, region by region.
- On the map in 1205: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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