1147

In 1147: 3 events across 2 regions, including The Almoravids: from a desert reform movement to an empire, The Almohads: from Ibn Tumart's revolt to the conquest of Marrakesh, First mention of Moscow.

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• 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
• 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
• Second Crusade31 March 1146 – 1149 · Western and Central Europe
• The Norman ‘Kingdom of Africa’1146 – between 21 January and 22 January 1160 · Africa
• Drought and the end of the Chaco worldc. 1130 – c. 1180 · North America
• Nur ad-Din unites Muslim SyriaSeptember 1146 – 15 May 1174 · Middle East and Egypt
• 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