History
1242
General
Population: 414 Million*
- Transportation: First record of a ship convoy to protect from piracy
Asia
- Mongolia: Batu, grandson of Genghis Khan establishes "Golden Horde" warriors at Sarai on lower Volga (Russia)
Europe
- General: English-French conflict kills 500
- France: Nobels in south of France rebel - put down by Louis IX
- Russia: Kiev established as town