1220 – 1230s

Events in the 1220s 3

• 1150 – 1220 Conon de Béthune French trouvère Conon de Béthune was a northern French nobleman and trouvère who participated in the Third and Fourth Crusades. His political and crusade songs are historically significant.
• 1219 – 1221 Mongol invasion of Persia Genghis Khan razes the great Persian cities The Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan from 1219 was one of the most destructive episodes in Persian history, with major cities razed and populations massacred. Iran later became the centre of the Ilkhanate, a Mongol successor state whose rulers eventually adopted Islam and Persian culture.
• 1221 – 1284 Alfonso X of Castile Spanish king and patron of music Alfonso X of Castile, known as Alfonso the Wise, commissioned and contributed to the Cantigas de Santa Maria, one of the largest collections of medieval monophonic songs.