Moscow is first mentioned in a chronicle in 1147 — around the time Angkor Wat was being completed in Cambodia.
The events
- First mention of Moscow1147 · Moscow. Under the year 1147 the Hypatian Chronicle records Prince Yuri Dolgoruky of Suzdal inviting his ally Sviatoslav Olgovich to meet him at Moskov. It is the first chronicle mention of the future capital of Russia.
- Construction of Angkor Watc. 1113–1150 · Angkor. The Khmer king Suryavarman II began building Angkor Wat, a temple to Vishnu and probably his own mausoleum. It is the world's largest religious monument and a symbol of Khmer power, featured today on the flag of Cambodia.
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- 1096 · 1147 Moscow is first mentioned in a chronicle in 1147.
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- 1215 · 1223 Eight years after Magna Carta, the princes of Rus first met the Mongols and were crushed on the Kalka River.
- 1238 · 1242 The Battle on the Ice (1242) came just four years after work began on the Alhambra in Granada (1238).