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1200
Central Asian conquests
During the 13th century, Central Asia became known as an important conquering state. The Turkish banded in india, the mongols took over Baghdad and by the end they had covered Korea ,china and Southeast Asia. -
1200
Spread of innovations
From the Mongolians to east asia to Italy, gunpowder, cannons and block printing were introduced at the end of the 12th century CE. -
1201
Mathematics
Indian numerals and mathematics spread to Italy during the 13th century CE through a book named Liber abaci. -
Period: 1220 to 1270
Fall and rise of major powers
Christians took over Spain, Mali established a greater kingdom than Ghana and Zimbabwe was building itself up in Southern Africa. -
1260
Asian trade routes
When the Byzantium took back Constantinople with the help of Genoese, they were gifted special powers of trade in the Black Sea, causing the linking of overland Mongolian trade routes to the Black Sea. -
1300
Christian Mediterranean
During the reign of the mongols, the Christian Mediterranean was southernized due to the several trade route connections that were established between the Mediterranean and Asia. -
1300
Compass
The compass was first shown to Mediterranean sailors and merchants by Arabs in the beginning of the 13th century. -
1301
Emergence of new states
After the decline of the Mongolian empire during the 14th Century, states such as the Turkic empires, who were powered by Islamic faith. -
1331
Bubonic plague
Due to the increased interactions across northern trade routes across the Eurasian steppe, the bubonic plague spread from china across the Black Sea. -
1346
Bubonic plague
After the bubonic plague had reached the Black Sea, it spread across Europe and the Middle East .