13th century

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Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century

Decades: 1200s, 1210s, 1220s, 1230s, 1240s, 1250s, 1260s, 1270s, 1280s, 1290s

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Events

• Fourth through eighth crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam
• Fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors
• Mongols under Genghis Khan conquer and rule over most of Asia and Eastern Europe, establish Mongolian dynasty in China
• Marco Polo and his family reach China

Significant persons

• Alexander of Hales, philosopher and theologian
• Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order
• Thomas Aquinas, theologian
• Roger Bacon, Franciscan, philosopher, and scientist
• Bonaventure
• Robert Grosseteste
• Louis IX of France, St. Louis, French king and crusader
• Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions