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| 1175 |
| | | The Gothic style is first seen in Britain in the new east end of Canterbury cathedral | |
|  | Canterbury Cathedral
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| 1176 |
| | | Construction begins on London Bridge, the first stone bridge to be built across a tidal waterway | |
|  | 'Old London Bridge 1745', watercolour by Dodd
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| 1176 |
| | | The first known eisteddfod is held during Christmas festivities at Rhys ap Gruffydd's court in Cardigan castle | |
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| 1179 |
| | | In a treaty signed at Cazorla, the kings of Castile and Aragon agree on a plan of cooperation against the Muslims | |
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| c. 1180 |
| | | The shared memories and legends of Nordic peoples are brought together in a great German epic, the Nibelungenlied | |
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| c. 1180 |
| | | In Cordoba the Muslim philosopher Averroës writes commentaries on Aristotle that are influential throughout medieval Europe | |
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| c. 1180 |
| | | In Cairo the Jewish philosoper Moses Maimonides writes, in Arabic, a much translated text with the endearing title Guide to the Perplexed | |
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| 1182 |
| | | Resentment of western merchants results in a massacre of Roman Catholics by fellow Christians in Constantinople | |
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| 1185 |
| | | The triumph of the Minamoto clan in Japan in 1185 leads to an uneasy relationship between the brothers Yoritomo and Yoshitsune | |
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| 1187 |
| | | Saladin destroys the Christian army of the Latin kingdom in a battle below the Horns of Hattin | |
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