12th century4 events4 regions
1146
In 1146: 4 events across 4 regions, including Kim Busik presents the Samguk sagi, the oldest surviving history of Korea, Second Crusade, The Norman ‘Kingdom of Africa’.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Second Crusade31 March 1146 – 1149
Middle East and Egypt
- Nur ad-Din unites Muslim SyriaSeptember 1146 – 15 May 1174
Africa
- The Norman ‘Kingdom of Africa’1146 – between 21 January and 22 January 1160
East Asia
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- Igbo-Ukwu: bronze casting in the West African forest800–899 – 1100–1199 · Africa
- Tula and the Toltecs: the leading city of central Mexicoc. 900 – c. 1150 · Latin America
- Pueblo II: stone pueblos and the Chaco worldc. 900 – c. 1150 · North America
- Classic Mimbres: the painted bowls of the Mogollonc. 1000 – between 1130 and 1150 · North America
- Collapse of Tiwanakuc. 1000 – c. 1150 · Latin America
- The Almoravids: from a desert reform movement to an empirebetween 1039 and 1046 – 1147 · Africa
- K2 (Bambandyanalo) and the rise of Mapungubwec. 1000 – c. 1220 · Africa
- Suryavarman II builds Angkor Watbetween 1113 and 1122 – c. 1150 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- The Almohads: from Ibn Tumart's revolt to the conquest of Marrakesh1121–1147 · Africa
- Drought and the end of the Chaco worldc. 1130 – c. 1180 · North America
- Toledo School of Translators: Arabic learning in Latin1130s – 1187 · Western and Central Europe
- Reign of Manuel I Komnenos8 April 1143 – 24 September 1180 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Chimor: the Chimú kingdom and its capital Chan Chanc. 900 – c. 1470 · Latin America