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1188| 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. | | 1 January 1188 | England, France [diplomacy] | King Henry II of England and King Philip II of France, meeting at Gisors, France, to discuss a truce, are persuaded to make peace and go on crusade; they impose ‘Saladin tithes’ to finance their expeditions. | | 27 March 1188 | Holy Roman Empire, Saxony, Bavaria, Germany [Crusades (1095–1272)] | The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa takes the Cross (agrees to go on crusade); by his order Henry the Lion, the dispossessed Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, goes back into exile. |
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