- Asia
Mongol destruction of Merv
A Mongol army under Tolui, son of Genghis Khan, besieged Merv during the conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire and massacred its population, ending the city's age as a great metropolis of the Islamic world.
Era: Merv: Silk Road City and Seljuk Capital
Sources: State Historical and Cultural Park 'Ancient Merv' · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mongol empire · Encyclopædia Britannica
- Europe
St. Lucia's flood
A catastrophic North Sea storm surge drowns tens of thousands and reshapes the coastline, helping form the Zuiderzee and underlining the delta's perpetual struggle with water.
Era: The Low Countries: Romans, Frisians and Medieval Counties
Sources: Netherlands · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Catastrophe in the 13th century
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged catastrophe — plague, famine, earthquake and other disasters, narrowed to the 13th century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1221 to 1287. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 2
- Nations
- 2
- Earliest
- 1221
- Latest
- 1287
- Asia
- 1
- Europe
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.