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2 Significant people

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

4 Decades and years

5 External link

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300.

1 Events

Fourth through eighth crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam
Fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors
Genghis Khan, Temujin by birth is claimed "Khan of Khans" by the Mongol tribes.
Mongols under Genghis Khan conquer and rule over most of Asia and Eastern Europe by establishing Mongol Empire
Ogedei Khan establish Mongolian dynasty in China. Some Mongol leaders convert from Tantric Buddhism to Islam.
Marco PoloMarco Polo ( September 15 1254 January 8 1324) was a Venetian merchant and explorer who, together with his father and uncle, was among the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he called Cathay . His travels are chronicled in the widely and his family reach China
James IJames I of Aragon ( Catalan: Jaume I ( Montpellier February 2, 1208 July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276. As a child he was a pawn of power politics in Provence, where of AragonComunidad Autonoma de Aragon Capital Zaragoza Area total % of Spain Ranked 4th 47 719 km² 9,4% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 11th 1 217 514 2,9% 25,51/km² Demonym English Spanish Aragonese aragones Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 I takes control of Balearic IslandsComunitat Autonoma de les Illes Balears Comunidad Autonoma de las Illes Balears Capital Palma de Mallorca Official languages Catalan and Castilian Area total % of Spain Ranked 17th 4 992 km² 1,0% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 14th 916 and ValenciaThis article is about the original city in Spain called "Valencia". For other uses of the name, see Valencia (disambiguation). Valencia ( Spanish: Valencia /ba'lenθja/; Valencian: Valencia /v'lεnsj/) is a medium-sized port city (the third la.
Theravada overtakes Mahayana as the dominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia.
Persian historian Rashid al-Din records eleven Buddhist texts circulating in Arabic translation.
The Thai Kingdom of Sukhothai is established, with Theravada Buddhism as the state religion. Later in the century it vassalises significant parts of modern Thailand, Laos, Burma, and Malaysia.
Norway cedes the Isle of Man to Scotland.
First European universities founded.

2 Significant people

Genghis Khan, founder of Mongol Empire
Alexander of Hales, philosopher and theologian
Albertus Magnus, German philosopher and theologian
Thomas Aquinas, theologian
Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order
Roger Bacon, Franciscan, philosopher, and scientist
Bonaventure, Franciscan theologian
Petrus Peregrinus, scientist
Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and theologian
Louis IX of France, St. Louis, French king and crusader
Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Dante, Italian writer
Ramon Llull, Majorcan philosopher
Kublai Khan, Khan ruler, founder of Yuan Dynasty in China
Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

4 Decades and years

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5 External link

The Thirteenth: Greatest of Centuries by James J. Walsh, 1907

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