The Khwarazmshahs build an empire
Seljuk vassals from Khwarazm become masters of Iran
In 1194 the Khwarazmshah Tekish defeated Toghrul III, the last Great Seljuk sultan. His son Muhammad II ruled from the Aral Sea to the Persian Gulf and saw himself as the mightiest prince of the East — until he crossed Genghis Khan in 1218.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1188 Magdeburg rights — 6 years earlier
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — 8 years later
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — 10 years later
- 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa — 18 years later
- 1215 Magna Carta — 21 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — 9 years earlier
Middle East
- 1191 Third Crusade: capture of Acre — 3 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Genghis Khan (aged 32)
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (aged 68)
- Zhu Xi (aged 64)
- Minamoto no Yoritomo (aged 47)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 40)
- Richard the Lionheart (aged 37)
- Philip II Augustus (aged 29)
- John Lackland (aged 28)
- Francis of Assisi (aged 12)
- Frederick II (aged 0)