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1100–1532South 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.
1112–1167Pagan [political events]During the reign of King Alaungsithu, the Burmese kingdom of Pagan reaches the peak of its political and cultural influence.
1132–1143Sicily [churches and temples]The Palatine Chapel in Palermo, Sicily is constructed for King Roger II of Sicily. It combines Byzantine, Islamic, and Norman styles of architecture in a dazzling hybrid.
1137–1140France [churches and temples]The new west front of Saint-Denis in Paris, France, is built. The design and sculpture of its façade mark the beginning of Gothic architecture. Abbot Suger now begins a new east end, with Gothic vaulting and stained glass windows.
1138Poland [administration]Boleslaw III, Duke of Poland, dies following a defeat in Russia, ending a period of Polish expansion. His lands are partitioned by his sons, civil war follows, and Poland ceases to be a unified state for two centuries. The eldest son, Wladyslaw II, becomes the first grand prince of Poland, with Kraków as his capital; he possesses Silesia and Pomerania and is, in theory, hereditary suzerain in all Polish lands.
1138Mesopotamia [births and deaths]Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine 1171–1193, who successfully captured Jerusalem from the Franks during the Third Crusade, born in Takrit, Mesopotamia (–1193).
5 May 1138England [wars]Robert, Earl of Gloucester, begins a civil war in England by declaring himself for the late King Henry I's daughter Matilda against King Stephen.
22 August 1138England, Scotland [Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296–1371)]In the Battle of the Standard, near Northallerton (in present-day North Yorkshire), English forces rout the invading army of King David I of Scotland.


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