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1147| 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. | | 1147 | Germany [Christianity] | Hildegard, a Benedictine nun, founds a monastery near Bingen in the Rhine valley of Germany. A woman of great learning and piety, she writes fervent religious poetry set to her own music. | | 4 April 1147 | Almohad Emirate, Spain, Almoravid Emirate [Reconquista of Spain (711–1492)] | The Almohad Mahdi (Muslim leader) `Abd-al-Mu'min completes his conquest of the Almoravid possessions in Morocco with the capture of the capital city of Marrakesh; he then crosses into Spain, where the Almoravid emirate has disintegrated into several kingdoms established in Córdoba, Valencia, Murcia, and other areas. | | 29 June 1147 | Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, Germany [wars] | An assembly of Saxon nobles plans a crusade against the pagan Wends of the Baltic. | | 9 September 1147 | Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, Germany [wars] | The Saxons abandon their crusade against the pagan Wends after failing to take Dobin. | | 25 October 1147 | Seljuk Sultanate of Rum [Crusades (1095–1272)] | Conrad III Hohenstaufen, king of the Germans' crusading army, is heavily defeated by the Seljuk Turks on the River Bathys, near Dorylaeum in Anatolia (modern Turkey). |
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