13th century4 events3 regions
1236
In 1236: 4 events across 3 regions, including Mongol invasion of Europe, Reign of Razia Sultan in Delhi, Carving of the second Tripitaka Koreana.
Events
Eastern Europe
- Mongol invasion of Europe1236–1242
- Reign of Mindaugasc. 1236 – between August and September 1263
South Asia
- Reign of Razia Sultan in DelhiNovember 1236 – April 1240
East Asia
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- Chimor: the Chimú kingdom and its capital Chan Chanc. 900 – c. 1470 · Latin America
- 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
- John III Vatatzes and the revival of the Empire of Nicaeabetween December 1221 and December 1222 – 3 November 1254 · Balkans and Anatolia
- New schools of Kamakura Buddhism: Shinran, Dōgen and Nichiren1224–1253 · East Asia
- The Thule migrate east across the Arctic to Greenlandc. 1200 – c. 1300 · North America
- Mapungubwe Hill, capital of the kingdom of Mapungubwec. 1220 – c. 1300 · Africa
- The Kingdom of Cusco: the Inca state before the empirec. 1200 – c. 1438 · Latin America
- Mississippian centres after Cahokia: Moundville, Etowah and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complexc. 1200 – c. 1450 · North America
- Mayapan, capital of Postclassic Yucatán1220s – between 1441 and 1461 · Latin America
- Great Zimbabwe, the stone capital of a Shona kingdom1200–1299 – c. 1450 · Africa