Culture & IdeasThe 12th century

Culture & Ideas in the 12th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 12th century — 7 of them, drawn from 7 nations, running from 1100 to 1179. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
7
Nations
7
Earliest
1100
Latest
1179
Asia
3
Africa
2
Europe
1
North America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Cameroon

    Height of the Sao city-states

    The Sao settlements of the Lake Chad basin reached their apex between roughly the ninth and fifteenth centuries before being absorbed by neighbouring states and peoples such as the Kotoko.

    Era: The Sao, the Bantu cradle and Cameroon's early peoples

    Sources: Sao civilisation · Wikipedia, History of Cameroon · Wikipedia

  2. Asia

    Cyprus

    The painted churches of the Troödos

    The mountain region of Troödos accumulated one of the largest groups of Byzantine churches and monasteries, richly decorated with murals later inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

    Era: Roman and Byzantine Cyprus: An Early Christian Island

    Sources: Painted Churches in the Troödos Region (World Heritage List, inscribed 1985) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. Africa

    Mauritania

    Foundation of the caravan ksour

    The fortified towns of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata are founded to serve the trans-Saharan caravans, becoming trading and religious centres of Islamic culture.

    Era: Arab Migration, the Char Bouba War and the Caravan Ksour

    Sources: Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata · Wikipedia

  4. North America

    United States

    Cahokia at its height

    The Mississippian city of Cahokia, near present-day St. Louis, reached its peak as one of the largest urban centres north of Mexico, anchored by monumental earthen mounds.

    Era: Indigenous America before contact

    Sources: Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation; U.S. History Collections · Library of Congress

  5. Asia

    Sri Lanka

    Golden age under Parakramabahu I

    Parakramabahu I rebuilds the city and its irrigation, creating the immense Parakrama Samudra reservoir and a garden-capital that marks the high point of the Polonnaruwa period.

    Era: Polonnaruwa and the Move South

    Sources: Ancient City of Polonnaruwa · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  6. Asia

    Turkmenistan

    Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar

    Built at the death of Sultan Sanjar, the great domed mausoleum at the centre of Sultan Kala stands as the finest surviving monument of Seljuk Merv.

    Era: Merv: Silk Road City and Seljuk Capital

    Sources: State Historical and Cultural Park 'Ancient Merv' · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Seljuq dynasty · Encyclopædia Britannica

  7. Europe

    Iceland

    Snorri Sturluson and the sagas

    Chieftain and twice lawspeaker, Snorri Sturluson wrote the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla, central works of the saga age that preserved the mythology and history of the Norse world.

    Era: Christianity, the Sagas and the Old Covenant

    Sources: Snorri Sturluson · Encyclopaedia Britannica