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Figure Mongolia / Central Asia conqueror

Genghis Khan

1162 CE – 1227 CE · 65 years

The orphaned herdsman who rose from the Mongolian steppe to build the largest contiguous empire in human history — and the brutal genius behind it.

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Landmark

Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand)

500 BCE – 1220 CE

Polity

Chagatai Khanate

1225 CE – 1687 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Figure · Rhineland

Hildegard of Bingen

1098 CE – 1179 CE

Landmark

Nan Madol

1180 CE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Conflict

Kara-Khitan (Western Liao) Conquests

1124 CE – 1218 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1162 CE and 1227 CE.

1180 CE Nan Madol 1206 CE Mongol Conquests 1163 CE Notre-Dame de Paris 1173 CE Leaning Tower of Pisa 1177 CE Khmer–Cham Wars 1180 CE Genpei War

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Volubilis Landmark · Africa 300 BCE – 1200 CE Empire of Ghana Polity · Africa 100 CE – 1200 CE Hanseatic League Trade route · Europe 1200 CE – 1669 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars Conflict · Europe 629 CE – 1180 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela Landmark · Middle East 1181 CE – still standing Tiahuanaco Empire Polity · Americas 600 CE – 1200 CE
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