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Resentment of western merchants results in a massacre of Roman Catholics by fellow Christians in Constantinople
The triumph of the Minamoto clan in Japan in 1185 leads to an uneasy relationship between the brothers Yoritomo and Yoshitsune
Saladin destroys the Christian army of the Latin kingdom in a battle below the Horns of Hattin
Saladin captures various Crusader fortresses and walled cities, including Acre
Saladin takes Jerusalem and treats the Christian inhabitants with a consideration unusual for the time
Representatives of the towns in Léon are summoned to one of the earliest known parliaments
The English king Henry II is succeeded by his third son as Richard I
A year after succeeding to the throne of England, Richard I sets off east as one of the leaders of the third crusade
The third crusade suffers an early disaster when its first leader, the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, is drowned crossing the Calycadnus river
The Muslim garrison of Acre surrenders to Richard I, who orders the massacre of 2700 of its members
The Teutonic Knights are founded to run a hospital in Acre, in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem
Yoritomo is given the title sei-i-tai-shogun, beginning centuries of rule by shoguns more powerful than the Japanese emperors
Richard I, returning from the Holy Land in disguise, is recognized in an inn near Vienna and is imprisoned until England pays a massive ransom
A documentary reference to Kingston Bridge is first recorded in 1193; it has stone revetments but a flimsy wooden structure in constant need of repair
The three-year old Frederick II has a claim to the thrones of both Sicily and Germany on the death of his father, the emperor Henry VI
On the death of his brother, Richard I, John becomes king of England
The new Christian doctrine of Transubstantiation prompts rumours that the Jews desecrate the consecrated Host
The longbow, a weapon of great use to English armies, is probably first developed in Wales
Terracotta heads and figures are buried in graves in the region of Djenné in modern Mali
A small rectangular flint chapel is built on the site of the present St Mary's church in Barnes
The samurai provide military support for the shogun, in a system similar to feudalism at this same period in Europe
In the cathedral on Torcello, and in St Mark's, Venetian mosaics are a culmination in the west of the Byzantine tradition
Flemish towns begin to acquire municipal independence, as communes, following the earlier Italian trend
Bushido, the code of the samurai, emphasizes the necessary qualities of respect, decorum, courage and martial skill
German pressure eastwards (the Drang nach Osten) steadily brings colonists into regions previously occupied by Slavs
