Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
Ethiopia carves a 'New Jerusalem' out of solid rock
Under the Ethiopian king Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, eleven monolithic churches were carved out of solid rock. Conceived as a 'New Jerusalem', the town remains a major pilgrimage site for Ethiopian Christians.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1202 Fibonacci's Liber Abaci — 2 years later
- 1204 Sack of Constantinople — 4 years later
- 1215 Magna Carta — 15 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — 15 years earlier
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — 23 years later
Asia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — 8 years earlier
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — 6 years later
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — 6 years later
Alive at the time
- Genghis Khan (aged 38)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 46)
- Philip II Augustus (aged 35)
- John Lackland (aged 34)
- Francis of Assisi (aged 18)
- Frederick II (aged 6)
- Jayavarman VII (aged 78)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (aged 76)
- Maimonides (aged 62)
- Tamar of Georgia (aged 34)