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1125| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1112–1167 | Pagan [political events] | During the reign of King Alaungsithu, the Burmese kingdom of Pagan reaches the peak of its political and cultural influence. | | 1125 | Aragon, Emirate of Granada, Spain [Reconquista of Spain (711–1492)] | King Alfonso I of Aragon leads a spectacular raid deep into Moorish Spain, liberating the Mozarabs (Spanish Christians living under Muslim rule) of Granada and resettling them in the north of Iberia. Few Christians now remain under Muslim rule in Spain. | | 1125 | China, Jin Empire [political events] | The Khitan (Qitan) state of Liao collapses following the fall of its capital at Beijing, and the Juchen emperor A-ku-ta establishes the Jin dynasty in its place. | | 1125 | Georgia [administration] | King David III of Georgia dies, having established his kingdom as the major power in Caucasia and Armenia and ended its theoretical subjection to the Byzantine Empire. He is succeeded by his son, Demetrius I. | | 23 May 1125 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [births and deaths] | Henry V, German king 1099–1125 and Holy Roman Emperor 1111–25, the last emperor of the Salian dynasty, dies in Utrecht, in the modern Netherlands (38). | | 30 August 1125 | Holy Roman Empire, Germany [administration] | Lothair of Supplinburg, Duke of Saxony, is elected ‘king of the Romans’ (king of Germany) as Lothair III by the German nobles. |
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