The world: 1230s

1230–1239

Events in this period 2

1. 1231 – 1270 · Korea · War

   Mongol invasions of Korea

   A series of campaigns were conducted between 1231 and 1270 by the Mongol Empire against the Korean kingdom of Goryeo. The last campaign concluded with a peace treaty with Goryeo becoming a vassal state of the Yuan dynasty, a relationship that lasted for approximately 80 years. Korea and the Song Dynasty of China put up a greater amount of "stubborn resistance" towards the Mongol invasions than many others in Eurasia who were swiftly crushed by the Mongols at a lightning pace.

2. 1235 · Africa · War

   Battle of Kirina

   The Battle of Kirina, also known as the Battle of Krina or siege of Karina, was a confrontation between Sosso king Sumanguru Kanté and Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita. Sundiata Keita's forces roundly defeated those of Sumanguru Kanté, guaranteeing the pre-eminence of Keita's new Mali Empire over West Africa.

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Still under way

• Crusades1096 – 1291
• Mongol conquests1206 – 1368

Around the same time

• Genghis Khan is proclaimed1206
• Kamakura shogunate1185
• Magna Carta1215
• Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire1219 – 1221
• Battle of Ain Jalut1260
• Founding of the Yuan dynasty1271
• Battle of Dan-no-ura1185
• Battle of Hattin1187
• Second Battle of Tarain1192
• Great Zimbabwec. 1200
• Delhi Sultanate1206
• Golden Horde1242

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• War mapsCrusades
• War mapsMongol conquests
• War mapsMongol invasions of Korea
• War mapsMongol conquest of the Song dynasty