History
1204
General
Population: 401 Million*
- Entertainment: Completion of the "Nibelingenlied"
- Religion: End of Fourth Crusade
- Deaths: Emeric I King of Hungary, Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides
Africa
Asia
- Mongolia: Temujin (Ghengis K) unites Mongol tribes, named Kahn
Europe
- General: England loses most of French possessions as France takes Normandy
- England: King John loses Normandy, Anjou, and Brittany to King Philip Augustus of France – starts opposing Church and runs afoul of Pope Innocent III
Church strikes back and the king takes lands
Church declares King John's rule false causing king to compromise - virtually sells England to the Church
- France: Philip II captures Normandy and Toulaine from England
- Greece: Greeks storm Crusaders
Emperor Michael sets up independent Greek kingdom of Epirus
- Holland: Founding of Amsterdam
- Ireland: Plague
- Italian States: Vicenza U founded
Middle East
- Start of Empire of Nicaea in Byzantine Empire
- Turkey: Crusaders take Constantinople, establish Latin empire controlled by France and Venice, then pillage wealth
Sacking because Constantinople couldn't pay Venice for transportation
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