1253

In 1253: 4 events across 3 regions, including New schools of Kamakura Buddhism: Shinran, Dōgen and Nichiren, Coronation of Daniel of Galicia, William of Rubruck’s journey to Karakorum.

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• 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
• Reign of Mindaugasc. 1236 – between August and September 1263 · Eastern Europe
• The Thule migrate east across the Arctic to Greenlandc. 1200 – c. 1300 · North America
• Seventh Crusade1248–1254 · Middle East and Egypt
• Mapungubwe Hill, capital of the kingdom of Mapungubwec. 1220 – c. 1300 · Africa
• The Mexica enter the Valley of Mexico and settle at Chapultepecbetween 1245 and 1280 – 1299 · Latin America
• Rise of the Hanseatic League1241–1356 · Western and Central Europe
• Pax Mongolicac. 1250 – c. 1350 · Central and Northern Asia
• 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