The Almohads take Marrakesh
A Berber movement builds an empire from the Atlantic to Libya
The Almohad movement, founded by the preacher Ibn Tumart among the Berbers of the Atlas, took Marrakesh under Caliph Abd al-Mu'min and ended the Almoravids. Their empire stretched from the Atlantic to Tripoli and took in Muslim Spain; the philosopher Averroes served at the Almohad court. Defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 began its break-up.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1163–1345 Notre-Dame de Paris begun — 16 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1136 The Novgorod Republic — 11 years earlier
Asia
- 1127 The Jingkang incident — 20 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Saladin (aged 10)
- Hildegard of Bingen (aged 49)
- Yuri Dolgoruky (aged 48)
- Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 36)
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (aged 21)
- Henry II (aged 14)
- Minamoto no Yoritomo (aged 0)
- Anna Komnene (aged 64)
- Li Qingzhao (aged 63)
- Conrad III (aged 54)