1127★★★★★
Jingkang incident
Jurchen Jin forces sack Kaifeng and capture two Song emperors, ending the Northern Song; the court re-forms in the south.
WarDynasty· China
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c. 11th century – c. 1450s★★★★★
Great Zimbabwe flourishes
Great Zimbabwe, a city of mortarless stone enclosures, was the centre of a powerful state that prospered from cattle and the gold trade with the Swahili coast.
CultureEconomy· Zimbabwe
c. 1110s – c. 1150s★★★★★
Construction of Angkor Wat
King Suryavarman II builds Angkor Wat, originally a temple to Vishnu and today the largest religious monument in the world.
ReligionArt· Cambodia