And what was Europe doing around 1200 AD? The AI god offers this:
Around the year 1200, Europe was a politically fragmented continent in the midst of the High Middle Ages. Characterized by the growing influence of the Roman Catholic Church and decentralized feudalism, this period featured the dawn of the first universities and a transition from heavy Romanesque art to elegant Gothic architecture.
When I think of the 1200s, I think of St. Thomas Aquinas and Scholasticism/Thomism.
803 years ago today, two Mongol scouts on a reconnaissance mission destroyed every army between the Caspian Sea and the borders of Poland.
— Ancient History Hub (@AncientHistorry) June 1, 2026
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