Meanwhile…

Rise of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán

ca. 900-1000 n.Chr.

Rise of motte fortifications and early stone castles

rond 1100-1150 na Chr.

Kublai Khan founds the Yuan dynasty

1271

Abduction and rescue of Börte

circa 1184

Battle of Ain Jalut

1260

Romanesque basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht

rond 1000-1040 na Chr.

Origins of Haka in Māori Oral Tradition

time immemorial, pre-1300

Rise of Pisa as a maritime republic

11e eeuw

Shoemaking guilds in medieval Europe

12th century

Hanseatic League Standardizes Maritime Trade

around 1350

The Islamic Golden Age

ca. 800 – 1200 n.Chr.

study of Arabic mathematics in North Africa

rond 1185-1200

Song dynasty: printing and gunpowder change the world

rond 1040 n.Chr.

Construction of the first Kremlin

1156

The Mongol Yam network connects a continent

circa 1235

Córdoba flourishes as a cultural center of Al-Andalus

10e eeuw

Wooden town houses and the threat of fire

rond 1200

Completion of the Tower of Pisa

1372

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Birth of Leonardo Pisano

rond 1170

The Black Death ravages Eurasia

ca. 1347 – 1351 n.Chr.