13th century
Mongol Empire's peak
The 13th century spans the years 1201 to 1300.
Like all century designations, the number is one higher than the years it contains—the 1200s fall in the 13th century, not the 12th.
Gothic cathedrals rose across Europe in the 13th century.
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- Mongol invasionsMedieval Asian military campaigns
- mechanical clocksGear-based time-measuring devices
Dante Alighieri · Gothic architecture · lyric poetry · Genghis Khan · windmills · Marco Polo · feudalism · Kublai Khan · Silk Road · guilds · Notre Dame · stained glass · Thomas Aquinas · Mongol · Black Death · medieval universities · Constantinople · serfdom
13th century21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
modern era · antiquity · ancient times · 20th century · prehistoric times
13th centuryIndustrial Age
Period of factory-based manufacturing
Digital Age · Renaissance · Age of Enlightenment · Bronze Age · Age of Reason