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1192
Japan installs a shogun.
1206
The Delhi Sultanate takes power in India.
1206
Chinggis Khan begins Mongol invasion.
1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta.
1235
Sundiata establishes the Mali Empire in West Africa.
1258
Mongols conquer the Abbasid Empire and Caliphate + begin improving the Silk Road.
1271
Marco Polo initiates his travels
1279
China’s Song Dynasty falls; Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty starts.
1321
Dante, a leader in the European Renaissance, dies.
1324
West African ruler Mansa Musa of Mali makes his pilgrimage to Mecca.
1325
Aztecs found Tenochtitlán.
1325
Muslim scholar Ibn Battuta starts his travels to Asia, Europe, and Africa.
1347
A plague known as the Black Death begins ravaging Europe.
1368
Rise of Ming Dynasty.
1405
Chinese admiral Zheng He begins seven great voyages throughout the Indian Ocean. He returns in 1433.
1417
The Central Asian trading city of Samarkand begins building an impressive Islamic school.
1438
Rise of Inca Empire.
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