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1170| 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. | | 1163–1220 | France [churches and temples] | The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France is constructed. | | 1170 | England [statistics and demography] | The population of London, England, is around 30,000. | | 1170 | Korea [wars] | The Korean palace guards massacre civil officials and enthrone a puppet king; a period of civil war follows. | | 29 December 1170 | England [crime and punishment] | St Thomas à Becket, chancellor of England 1155–62, archbishop of Canterbury 1162–70, is murdered in his cathedral by four knights acting on an angry outburst by King Henry II of England, expressing his wish to be rid of ‘this turbulent priest’ (52). His tomb becomes one of the most important of all medieval pilgrimage sites. |
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