History
1214
General
Population: 405 Million*
Asia
- China: Peking captured by Genghis Khan
- Mongolia: Genghis Kahn controls most of Yellow River area
Start of Mongol Wars – Era of Genghis Khan to 1260
Europe
- General: Battle of Bouvines (Scotland) – Philip II Augustus of France defeats Otto IV and English - France established as chief power in Europe
English and French armies fight in Flanders – English overwhelmed – Barons mutiny
English-French wars kill about 6000
- England: Archbishop of Canterbury favor Barons and prompts language of the Magna Carta
- Holy Roman Empire: Frederick II invests the House of Wittelsbach with the Palatinate
- Scotland: Death of William the Lion of Scotland and Alexander II rules
- Spanish States: Death of Alfonso VIII King of Castile
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