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1182| 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. | | 1182 | Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, Moravia [administration] | The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa intervenes in the succession dispute among the Premysl rulers of Bohemia, taking the opportunity to make the Bohemian province of Moravia a margravate subject only to the Empire. | | 12 May 1182 | Denmark, Holy Roman Empire [administration] | Following the death of King Valdemar I the Great of Denmark, he is succeeded by his son Cnut IV, who refuses to do homage to the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. | | 9 September 1182 | Byzantine Empire [crime and punishment] | Andronicus I Comnenus, nephew of the former emperor John II Comnenus, usurps the throne of the Byzantine Empire, murdering the current emperor Alexius II, his mother, and her advisers. |
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