Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (TRIH eps 658-661)
1156–1185 · Resource
A four-part series on the origins of the samurai: their emergence in Heian Japan, the rivalry of the Taira and Minamoto clans, the Genpei War and figures such as Yoshitsune, Benkei and Tomoe Gozen, and the triumph of the first shogun.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1156
- Anarchy in England (1135)
- Mongol Conquests (1206)
- Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan (1206)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Kamakura shogunate established (1192)
- Genghis Khan (1162)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Saladin retakes Jerusalem (1187)
- Sack of Constantinople by Fourth Crusade (1204)