Icelandic Sagas (In Our Time)
1250 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Icelandic Sagas. First written down in the 13th century, the sagas tell the stories of the Norse settlers of Iceland, who began to arrive on the island in the late 9th century.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1250
- Magna Carta (1215)
- Ottoman Empire (1299)
- Mongol Conquests (1206)
- Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan (1206)
- Yuan dynasty (1271)
- Mongol sack of Baghdad (1258)
- Majapahit Empire (1293)
- Maori arrive in New Zealand (1280)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206)
- Sack of Constantinople by Fourth Crusade (1204)