There are a number of states that rose to prominence in the
1200s, the most important were the Mongol Empire, the Almohad
Caliphate, and the Mamluk Sultanate. While there were several other
empires that were powerful at the beginning of the 1200s, like Jin
Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Sultanate of Khwarezm, these
empires were smashed by the Mongol Empire by the end of the
century.