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1214
Mongol Artillery Unit Created
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Period: 1253 to 1324
Marco Polo
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Period: 1287 to 1288
Rabban Sauma's Embassy to Europe
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Period: 1289 to 1328
John of Montecorvino's Mission to China
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Period: 1298 to 1369
Ibn Battuta
Born at Tangier
1325- left Morocco on hajj to Mecca
then visited Mesopotamia, Persia, Red Sea, East African coast
1330- Back to Mecca, then India after Muslim sultan of Delhi offers rewards for foreign legal scholars
1341- started traveling again
1349- back to Morocco
1355- back to Morocco
44 countries, 73,000 miles
Large nomadic empires, like the Mongols, allowed for safe roads and stability for trading. Advancements in maritime technology also contributed to his freedom to travel so far. -
Period: 1304 to 1374
Francesco Petrarca
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1330
First Outbreaks of Bubonic Plague in China
1330s -
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years' War
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1347
Arrival of Bubonic Plague in the Mediterranean Basin
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Period: 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
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Period: 1402 to 1433
Zheng He's Expeditions in the Indian Ocean
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Period: 1466 to 1536
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
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1488
Bartolomeo Dias's Voyage around Africa
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1492
Christopher Columbus's first Voyage to the Western Hemisphere
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Period: 1497 to 1498
Vasco da Gama's Voyage to India