The world: 1180s

1180–1189

Events in this period 3

1. 1185 · Japan · Politics

   Kamakura shogunate

   The Kamakura shogunate was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.

2. 1185 · Japan · War

   Battle of Dan-no-ura

   The Battle of Dan-no-ura was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Kanmon Straits off the southern tip of Honshū. On April 25, 1185, the fleet of the Minamoto ('Genji') clan, led by general Minamoto no Yoshitsune, defeated the fleet of the Taira clan (Heike). The morning rip tide was an advantage for the Taira, but turned to their disadvantage in the afternoon. The young Emperor Antoku was one of those who died among the Taira nobles.

3. 1187 · Middle East · War

   Battle of Hattin

   The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt, led by Sultan Saladin. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape of the nearby extinct volcano of that name.

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Still under way

• Crusades1096 – 1291

Around the same time

• Genghis Khan is proclaimed1206
• Mongol conquests1206 – 1368
• Magna Carta1215
• Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire1219 – 1221
• Second Battle of Tarain1192
• Great Zimbabwec. 1200
• Delhi Sultanate1206
• Mongol invasions of Korea1231 – 1270
• Battle of Kirina1235

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• War mapsCrusades