1258
ID: 48
Mongols sack Baghdad - end of Islamic Golden Age, destruction of House of Wisdom
ID: 48
1258
ID: 2400
Provisions of Oxford - barons led by Simon de Montfort impose council of fifteen to control Henry III, birth of parliamentary government
ID: 2400
1258
ID: 4744
Mongols sack Baghdad - Hulagu Khan destroys House of Wisdom, kills 800,000, ends Islamic Golden Age
ID: 4744
1258
ID: 5243
Louis IX abolishes trial by ordeal - replaces with rational judicial procedures, witnesses and evidence
ID: 5243