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Figure Fujian and Jiangxi, Southern Song dynasty China philosopher

Zhu Xi

1130 CE – 1200 CE · 70 years

The Song dynasty philosopher who synthesised a thousand years of Confucian thought into the system that would govern East Asian intellectual life for seven centuries — condemned as a heretic in 1196, enshrined as a sage in 1241.

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Landmark

Nan Madol

1180 CE – still standing

Polity

Cuman Khanates

Attested 1200 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

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Hildegard of Bingen

1098 CE – 1179 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Kara Khitai Khaganate

Attested 1200 CE

Conflict

Kara-Khitan (Western Liao) Conquests

1124 CE – 1218 CE

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1180 CE Nan Madol 1135 CE The Anarchy 1137 CE St. Stephen's Cathedral 1142 CE Krak des Chevaliers 1156 CE The Kremlin 1157 CE Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum

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Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela Landmark · Middle East 1181 CE – still standing Sultanate of Delhi Polity · South Asia 1200 CE – 1526 CE Hanseatic League Trade route · Europe 1200 CE – 1669 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars Conflict · Europe 629 CE – 1180 CE Chartres Cathedral Landmark · Europe 1194 CE – still standing Nepal Polity · South Asia 1200 CE – 2026 CE
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