13th century

(12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Significant people 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years

Events

\n*Fourth through eighth crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam\n*Fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors\n*Mongols under Genghis Khan conquer and rule over most of Asia and Eastern Europe, establish Mongolian dynasty in China. Some Mongol leaders convert from Tantric Buddhism to Islam.\n*Marco Polo and his family reach China\n*James I of Aragon takes control of Balearic Islands and Valencia.\n*Theravada overtakes Mahayana as the dominant form of Buddhism in Cambodia.\n*Persian historian Rashid al-Din records eleven Buddhist texts circulating in Arabic translation.\n*The Thai Kingdom of Sukothai is established, with Theravada Buddhism as the state religion. Later in the century it vassalises significant parts of modern Thailand, Laos, Burma, and Malaysia.\n*Norway cedes the Isle of Man to Scotland.

Significant people

\n*Alexander of Hales, philosopher and theologian\n*Albertus Magnus, German philosopher and theologian\n*Thomas Aquinas, theologian\n*Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order\n*Roger Bacon, Franciscan, philosopher, and scientist\n*Bonaventure, Franciscan theologian\n*Petrus Peregrinus, scientist\n*Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and theologian\n*Louis IX of France, St. Louis, French king and crusader\n*Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire\n*Dante, Italian writer\n*Ramon Llull, Majorcan philosopher

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

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Decades and years

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External link

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