HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historical Periods.

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Mongol Empire

1206 → 1368

Also known as Empire mongol · Empire turco-mongol · Grande Nação Mongol

The trans-Eurasian empire established by Genghis Khan and his successors, later divided among several khanates.

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Middle Ages

500 → 1500

Also known as Edad Media · época medieval · Idade Média

Conventional European historical era between late antiquity and the early modern period, with varying local periodization.

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Kingdom of Jerusalem

1099 → 1291

Part of Middle Ages

Also known as Crusader Kingdom · Jerusalem · Königreich Jerusalem

Crusader kingdom in the Levant established in 1099 and continuing in changing territorial form until the fall of Acre in 1291.

war period6

Crusades

1095 → 1291

Part of Middle Ages

Also known as Bewaffnete Wallfahrt · Bewaffnete Wallfahrten · crociata

A series of religiously framed military expeditions, principally involving Latin Christian powers and the eastern Mediterranean, extending from the late eleventh through the late thirteenth century.

war period3

Third Crusade

1189 → 1192

Part of Crusades

Also known as Cruzada de reyes · Dritter Kreuzzug · III wyprawa krzyżowa

A major crusade launched after Saladin’s reconquest of Jerusalem, involving European rulers and campaigns in the Levant from 1189 to 1192.

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High Middle Ages

1000 → 1300

Part of Middle Ages

Also known as dojrzałe średniowiecze · Hochmittelalter · Hohes Mittelalter

Phase of medieval European demographic, institutional and commercial expansion, including crusading movements and growing monarchies.