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Key Events and Figures of the 13th Century: A Quiz

This quiz explores key events and figures from the 13th century, including significant cultural, military, and political developments.

#13th century #history #Mongol Empire #Crusades #European culture #Franciscan order #Cambridge #Boyana Church

1 What does the following picture show? Frescoes from the 13th century Boyana Church. The Mongols, under the leadership of Genghis Khan, overran most of Asia, thus creating the second largest empire to ever exist, surpassed only by the British Empire. They achieved this success in large part due to their amazing horse archers.

2 ________, founder of the Franciscan order.

3 1204—Fourth Crusade of 1202–1204 captures Zara for Venice and sacks Byzantine ________, creating the Latin Empire.

4 The earliest known rockets, ________, and handguns are made by the Chinese for use in warfare.

5 In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages, and after its conquests in Asia the Mongol Empire stretched from ________ to Eastern Europe.

6 ________, founder of Mongol Empire.

7 ________, English King.

8 1204—Fall of Normandy from ________ hands to the French King, Philip Augustus, end of Norman domination of France.

9 What does the following picture show? Frescoes from the 13th century Boyana Church. Portrait of the Chinese Zen Buddhist Wuzhun Shifan, painted in 1238, Song Dynasty.

10 1284—Peterhouse, Cambridge founded by Hugo de Balsham, the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Plan of Saint Gall is the only surviving architectual drawing from the 700-year period between the fall of Rome and the 13th century, and is a national treasure of Switzerland.
  • the MacHeths were a Gaelic kindred who raised several rebellions against the Scotto-Norman kings of Scotland in the 12th and 13th centuries.
  • the Old Icelandic Homily Book is a collection of Norse sermons dating from the 13th century.
  • the earliest known Polish language sentence comes from the Book of Henryków, a 13th-century chronicle of a Cistercian abbey.
  • the prosperous Caspian Sea port of Abaskun disappeared from records in the 13th century.
  • the modern Arms of the Principality of Wales are based on those borne by the 13th century Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great.
  • the Battle of Durbe was by far the largest defeat suffered by the Teutonic Knights and Livonian Order in the 13th century.
  • the 13th century Venetian troubadour Bertolome Zorzi composed songs while a prisoner of war for seven years in Genoa.
  • Islam in Poland traces its history to the 13th century, with the advent of Tartar settlers.
  • history of philosophy in Poland begins with the contributions of the 13th century philosopher, Witelo.
  • panel painting was the primary painting medium used in the West, from about the 13th to the 16th century, before canvas and oil paint became the norm.
  • Qaqun, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, had been continuously inhabited by Arabs since as early as the Mamluk period.
  • Tyolet is an anonymous 13th century Breton lai in Francien which shares elements with Chrétien de Troyes' Le Conte du Graal.
  • Reinald, a 13th century Cistercian monk and Bishop of Ross, was nicknamed Macer, French for "skinny".
  • Herkus Monte, one of the most famous leaders of the Great Prussian Uprising, was kidnapped in the 13th century by the Germans as a boy.
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