HISTORICAL CONTEXT

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historical era12

Ottoman Empire

1299 → 1922

Also known as El Turco · Empire ottoman · estado otomano

Long-lived Ottoman imperial polity spanning southeastern Europe, Anatolia, the Levant and parts of North Africa.

dynasty1

Yuan dynasty

1271 → 1368

Also known as dinastía Yuan · dynastie Yuan en Chine · Empire du grand Khan

Mongol-led imperial dynasty governing China during a period of wide Eurasian political and cultural contacts.

historical era4

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.

historical era1

Kamakura period

1185 → 1333

Also known as Epoca Kamakura · Epoque de Kamakura · Époque Kamakura

Japanese era in which military governance under the Kamakura shogunate coexisted with the imperial court.

period34

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.

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.

period7

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.