The world: 1210s

1210–1219

Events in this period 2

1. 1215 · Europe · Politics

   Magna Carta

   Magna Carta, sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons who demanded that the King confirm the Charter of Liberties, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift and impartial justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood by their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War.

2. 1219 – 1221 · Central Asia · War

   Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire

   Between 1219 and 1221, the Mongol forces under Genghis Khan invaded the lands of the Khwarazmian Empire in Central Asia. The campaign, which followed the annexation of the Qara Khitai Khanate, saw widespread devastation and atrocities. The invasion marked the completion of the Mongol conquest of Central Asia, and began the Mongol conquest of Persia.

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Still under way

• Crusades1096 – 1291
• Mongol conquests1206 – 1368

Around the same time

• Genghis Khan is proclaimed1206
• Kamakura shogunate1185
• Battle of Ain Jalut1260
• Battle of Dan-no-ura1185
• Battle of Hattin1187
• Second Battle of Tarain1192
• Great Zimbabwec. 1200
• Delhi Sultanate1206
• Mongol invasions of Korea1231 – 1270
• Battle of Kirina1235
• Golden Horde1242
• Tripitaka Koreana1251

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