The 13th Century A.D. - History Summary
	Summary of Events:
	Year Event c. 1200 Rise of Mali Empire in West Africa 1202 Fourth Crusade begins (to 1204) 1204 Crusaders capture Constantinople 1206 Genghis Khan begins Mongol invasion of Asia 1211 Delhi Sultanate begins under Iltutmish 1212 The Children's Crusade 1215 Magna Carta signed at Runnymede 1215 Dominican Order of Friars founded 1217 Fifth Crusade begins (to 1221) 1228 Sixth Crusade begins (to 1229) 1236 Mongols conquer Russia 1242 Alexander Nevsky defeats Teutonic Order 1248 Seventh Crusade begins (to 1254) 1250 Beginning of Mamluk rule in Egypt 1260 Ghibellines defeat Guelphs at Montaperti 1261 Greek rule restored in Constantinople 1264 Kublai Khan founds Yuan dynasty in China 1270 Eigth Crusade begins (to 1272) 1271 Marco Polo first visits China 1274 Death of St. Thomas Aquinas 1276 Edward I begins Welsh Wars 1280 Death of Albertus Magnus c. 1290 Invention of spectables 1291 Knights of St. John driven from Acre to Cyprus 1291 Swiss Confederation begins 1292 Death of Roger Bacon 1294 Death of Kublai Khan
	Source: D. Crystal, The Cambridge Factfinder (Cambridge University Press, 1998)