12th Century
- 1154
- Al-Idrisi creates an early world map named Tabula Rogeriana, which describes the Eurasian continent and the northern half of Africa
- 1143
- The County of Portugal declares independence from the Kingdom of León, as the Kingdom of Portugal.
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