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The fate of Milan leads to the submission of Brescia, Piacenza, and many other northern Italian cities. [2] July 7 – Norwegian forces under the pretender Magnus V ( Erlingsson) defeat the 15-year-old King Haakon II ( Sigurdsson ), who is killed in battle in Romsdal after a 5-year reign.
- 1162 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1289 or 908 or 136. 1162 ( MCLXII ) was a common year...
- AD 1162 - Wikipedia
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- 1162 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Genghis Khan: The Early Years
- Genghis Khan Unites The Mongols
- Genghis Khan Establishes An Empire
- Genghis Khan’s Death and The Continuation of The Empire
Temujin, later Genghis Khan, was born around 1162 near the border between modern Mongolia and Siberia. Legend holds that he came into the world clutching a blood clot in his right hand. His mother had been kidnapped by his father and forced into marriage. At that time, dozens of nomadic tribes on the central Asian steppe were constantly fighting an...
Going against custom, Temujin put competent allies rather than relatives in key positions and executed the leaders of enemy tribes while incorporating the remaining members into his clan. He ordered that all looting wait until after a complete victory had been won, and he organized his warriors into units of 10 without regard to kin. Though Temujin...
Having united the steppe tribes, Genghis Khan ruled over some 1 million people. In order to suppress the traditional causes of tribal warfare, he abolished inherited aristocratic titles. He also forbade the selling and kidnapping of women, banned the enslavement of any Mongol and made livestock theft punishable by death. Moreover, Genghis Khan orde...
When Genghis Khan returned to Mongolia in 1225, he controlled a huge swath of territory from the Sea of Japan to the Caspian Sea. Nevertheless, he didn’t rest for long before turning his attention back to the Xi Xia kingdom, which had refused to contribute troops to the Khwarezm invasion. In early 1227 a horse threw Genghis Khan to the ground, caus...
Jone Johnson Lewis. Updated on December 03, 2017. Eleanor Plantagenet, born in 1162, was the wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile, daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, sister of kings and a queen; mother of several queens and a king. This Eleanor was the first of a long line of Eleanors of Castile.
Crusades - Holy War, Kingdoms, Jerusalem: The kingdom of Jerusalem was governed by Baldwin III from 1143 to 1162 and by Amalric I from 1163 to 1174. Saladin won the Battle of Hattin. He then took Tiberias and seized Acre ('Akko). Jerusalem capitulated to Saladin, and by 1189 most of the kingdom was in his hands.
Sep 9, 2015 · ‘Abd al-Latif was a philosopher and polymath who lived between the Second Crusade (1147–1149 AD) and the end of the Fifth Crusade (1217–1231 AD) (Jackson 2017). He was born in Baghdad in 1162 and died there on 9 November 1231 after a pilgrimage of more than forty years during which he travelled throughout Iraq, Syria and Egypt looking for ...
