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In the 12th century CE the Andalusian Muslim philosopher and novelist Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail ( known as " Abubacer " or " Ebn Tophail " in the West ) included the theory of tabula rasa as a thought experiment in his Arabic philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan in which he depicted the development of the mind of a feral child " from a tabula rasa to that of an adult, in complete isolation from society " on a desert island, through experience alone.
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During the 20th century BC the Indo-European Hittites entered the region and gradually established a great empire which was destroyed by invaders in the 12th century.
The current consensus, based on terminology defined by the Pecos Classification, suggests their emergence around the 12th century BCE, during the archaeologically designated Early Basketmaker II Era.
A novel called Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, based on Avicenna's story, was later written by Ibn Tufail ( Abubacer ) in the 12th century and translated into Latin and English as Philosophus Autodidactus in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively.
These exceptions, introduced with a good object, had grown into a widespread evil by the 12th century, virtually creating an imperium in imperio, and depriving the bishop of all authority over the chief centres of influence in his diocese.
In the 12th century the abbots of Fulda claimed precedence of the archbishop of Cologne.
Although controversial at its time, the 13 principles laid out by the 12th century Spanish Jewish philosopher Maimonides are now considered mostly normative.
Gothic-This style prevailed between the 12th century and the 16th century in Europe.
The modern history of Abensberg, which is often incorrectly compared with that of the 3rd century Roman castra ( military outpost ) of Abusina, begins with Gebhard, who was the first to mention Abensberg as a town, in the middle of the 12th century.
Rebuilt by the emperor Justin I after an earthquake in the 6th century, it became Justinopolis ( 525 ); but the old native name persisted, and when Thoros I, king of Lesser Armenia, made it his capital early in the 12th century, it was known as Anazarva.
They are said to go back at least to the Greek poet Lycophron, in the third century BCE ; but this relies on an account of Lycophron given by John Tzetzes in the 12th century.
In the 12th century eddic prose Gylfaginning Snorri Sturluson relates it as the first of a series of abodes in heaven:
As a theologian Alain de Lille shared in the mystic reaction of the second half of the 12th century against the scholastic philosophy.
Brought back from Sippar to Susa as war prize in the 12th century BC
A popular legend, originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how when he first fled to the Somerset Levels, Alfred was given shelter by a peasant woman who, unaware of his identity, left him to watch some cakes she had left cooking on the fire.
Alger of Liège ( 1055 – 1131 ), known also as Alger of Cluny and Algerus Magister, was a learned clergyman from Liège who lived in the first half of the 12th century.
He was born in the latter part of the 12th century at Bennes, a village between Ollé and Chauffours in the diocese of Chartres.
In 1122 Afonso became fourteen, the adult age in the 12th century.
Dr. Alastair Northedge, a British archaeologist who wrote a book about findings in ' Anah, wrote that the minaret is ' commonly attributed to the Uqaylid ( dynasty ) and the 5th / 11th century ( AH / AD ), though ... more probably of the 6th / 12th century.
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12th through 19th century, CE
In the eastern Indian state of Bihar, there is a written tradition of genealogical records among Maithil Brahmins and Karna Kayasthas called " Panjis ", dating to the 12th century CE.
They established their capital at Kukiya in the 9th century CE and at Gao in 12th century.
The state arose in the 12th century CE.
After Aramudi, who is mentioned in the Kashmirian chronicle, the Rajatarangini of Kalhana ( 1150 CE ), many Thakuri kings ruled over the country up to the middle of the 12th century AD.
The historic city formed an oval, surrounded by a strong wall, high, dating from the 12th century CE, and was flanked with towers, while on a rock, stood a castle.
This tradition assumes that much of central Mexico was dominated by a " Toltec empire " between the 10th and 12th century CE.
In the Gregorian calendar, it is the 2012th year of the Common Era ( CE ) and Anno Domini ( AD ) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century, and the 3rd of the 2010s.
They were agriculturalists and may have been part of the Mound Builder civilization during the 9th – 12th centuries CE.
The first tantric ( Vajrayana Buddhist ) texts appeared in the 3rd century CE, and they continued to appear until the 12th century.
Contemporary scholars describe it as a composite of several fragmentary scrolls each penned between the 12th and 14th centuries CE.
A Greek village remained after the population decline and was joined by a Turkish population after the 12th century CE.
Eustathios () or Eumathios (), surnamed Makrembolites (, " living near the Makros Embolos "), latinized as Eustathius Macrembolites, was a Byzantine revivalist of the Greek romance, flourished in the second half of the 12th century CE.
The Confucian works in particular have been of key importance to Chinese culture and history, as a set of works known as the Four Books and Five Classics were, in the 12th century CE, chosen as the basis for the Imperial examination for any government post.
Early Islamic philosophy or classical Islamic philosophy is a period of intense philosophical development beginning in the 2nd century AH of the Islamic calendar ( early 9th century CE ) and lasting until the 6th century AH ( late 12th century CE ).
Believed to have been developed independently of the Southern African and South American instruments now called the marimba, oral histories of the balafon date it to at least the rise of the Mali Empire in the 12th century CE.
Records of the Balafon go back to at least the 12th century CE.
Hiroto Takamiya of the Sapporo University suggested that the people of Kyushu immigrated to Okinawa between the 10th and 12th centuries CE.
Versions of Tafl, comprising Hnefatafl, Alea Evangelii, Tawlbwrdd ( Wales ), Brandubh, Ard Ri and Tablut, were played across much of Northern Europe from earlier than 400 CE until it was supplanted by Chess in the 12th century.
The dynasty ruled much of the Middle East during the 12th and 13th centuries CE.
During the 12th century CE, Bodh Gaya and the nearby regions were invaded by Muslim Turk armies.
There even exists an Arabic work, written in Persia near the Indian subcontinent, Mojmal al-tawarikh ( 12th century CE ) which tells a similar tale of a king whose name appears to be a corruption of ' Vikramaditya '.
Kfar Meroth archaeological site 1st century BCE to 12th century CE synagogue and oldest known beit midrash ( study hall ) in Israel
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