Headlines in history the 1200s

Divided into geographical areas, this book explores challenges civilizations faced in the 1200s, focusing on the Aztecs, the Arab-Islamic world, the Mongols, the Europeans, and the Chinese.

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Other Authors: Siebold, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA Greenhaven press 2001
Series:Headlines in history
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Call Number :CB 355 .H433 2001

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 |a Chapter 1 -- Decline of Empire and the Papacy in Europe -- Thomas Aquinas and high medieval philosophy in Europe -- Thomas Aquinas's proof of God's existence -- Magna Carta -- Travels of Marco Polo -- Francis of assisi and the founding of the franciscan order -- Vanity of painted women -- Gothic style -- Fourth crusade and the sack of Constantinople -- Destruction of Constantinople -- University system in thirteenth-century Europe -- Jews and the western church -- Decree of the hanseatic league -- Chapter 2 -- Mongol expansion -- Marco Polo describes Kublai Khan -- Chinese literati under Mongol rule -- Advice of Yeh-lu Ch'u-ts'ai -- Islamic envoy to Genghis Khan in peking -- Japan in the thirteenth century -- Mogol invasions of Japan -- Chapter 3 -- Islam in North Africa -- Mamluks in Egypt -- Islamic Art -- Arab world under assault -- Chapter 4 -- Mali empire of western Africa -- Rise of Aztec civilization -- North American Indians of Cahokia. 
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