Introduction
Before Christ
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100-200
200-300
300-400
400-500
500-600
600-700
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800-900
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1100-1200
1200-1300
1300-1400
1400-1500
1500-1600
1600-1700
1700-1800
1800-1900
1900-2000
2000-Present
Index
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1200 - 1300
Text History |
World History |
1202
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The Fourth Crusade begins under the leadership of Pope Innocent III.
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1209
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Cambridge University is founded.
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1215
The Magna Carta is completed as a means to establish the powers extended and limited to the powers that be. |
The Fifth Crusade begins upon a plan to retake the Holy Land during the Fourth Council of the Lateran.
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1228
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The Sixth Crusade begins for the first time without the leadership of a pope or king.
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1234
During the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea, the printing presses of earlier asian technology were upgraded from clay to metal for movable type. |
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This would eventually be expanded by Johann Gutenberg (1447).
1248
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The Seventh Crusade begins under the direction of Louis IX.
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1265
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Dante Alighieri, one of the future "Fathers of the Renaissance" is born in Italy.
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1270
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The Eighth Crusade begins under the direction of Louis IX.
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1271
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The Ninth Crusade begins under the direction of Edward I of England.
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Upon the conclusion of this ninth and generally accepted final crusade, the majority of Christian influence in Syria and the future Middle East is eroded. As such, the coming years would lead to a heavy Muslim presence in the region that would continue to the present day.
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