12th century6 events4 regions
1200
In 1200: 6 events across 4 regions, including Zhu Xi and the Neo-Confucian synthesis, Founding of Cusco in Inca tradition, Rise of the universities: Paris, Oxford and Cambridge.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Rise of the universities: Paris, Oxford and Cambridge1200 – 13 April 1231
East Asia
- Zhu Xi and the Neo-Confucian synthesis1175 – 23 April 1200
North America
Latin America
- Founding of Cusco in Inca traditionc. 1200
- The Kingdom of Cusco: the Inca state before the empirec. 1200 – c. 1438
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- K2 (Bambandyanalo) and the rise of Mapungubwec. 1000 – c. 1220 · Africa
- Chimor: the Chimú kingdom and its capital Chan Chanc. 900 – c. 1470 · Latin America
- Construction of Angkor Thom and the Bayon1181 – c. 1218 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Rock-hewn churches of Lalibelac. 1181 – c. 1221 · Africa
- Construction of the Qutb Minarbetween 1193 and 1199 – between 1220 and 1232 · South Asia
- Rebuilding of Chartres Cathedral and the High Gothic10 June 1194 – 24 October 1260 · Western and Central Europe
- Ancestral Puebloans build Cliff Palace at Mesa Verdec. 1190 – c. 1280 · North America
- Great Zimbabwe, the stone capital of a Shona kingdom1200–1299 – c. 1450 · Africa