Year 1180

**The 1180s**
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### Overview

The 1180s was a decade that spanned from 1180 to 1189.

### Events

#### 1180

* A Sarakoled leader of the clan of , Diara Kante, overturned the Diarisso dynasty to establish the kingdom of Sosso.
* Eweka became the first Oba of Benin (although he did not take office until 1246).
* According to Tarikh al-Sudan, Koi Konboro, the ruler of Djenné-Djeno in West Africa, converted to Islam. His subjects separated themselves from the old animist religion by leaving the city to establish the new Islamic city of Jenné in the north.

#### 1180-1185: Genpei War and Kamakura Period

* The Genpei War took place in Japan during this period.
* This marked the beginning of the Kamakura period, which lasted from 1185 to 1333.

#### 1180-1206: Ghoride Conquests in North India

* The Ghorides continued their conquests in North India, with Mahmud de Ghor seizing Peshawar (1181), Debal (1182), Punjab and Lahore (1186), possessions of the Ghaznevids.

#### 1181-1200: Reign of Jayavarman VII

* The Khmer Empire reached its peak during the reign of Jayavarman VII in Cambodia.

#### 1184-1205: Expeditions against Almohads

* Beni Ghania, almoravids, launched expeditions against the Almohads in the Eastern Maghreb. They controlled Bougie and Tunis.

#### 1184-1199: Reign of Yaqub al-Ma

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### Kyiv and the Black Sea Region

* In the Kyiv region, Robert Rosewicz held power over the city of Raius.
* The rule of the Great Gunido changed in the Vladimir Sustral.
* Jaroslaw the Almighty sat on the throne of the Black Sea region.

### Other Events

* Rody's new settlers were successful at 1183 and 1187, but the turn of 1185 was led by the new Siren King of Herod Spartans. Rat Igor fell into captivity where he was lucky enough to escape.
* These events are sung in the heavens about the regiment of Isildur.

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