History
 

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World

General

Population: 419 Million*
  • Entertainment: Cimabue creates "Madonna" for Trinita church in Florence
    First mastersinger school created in Mainz
  • Religion: First flagellant religious movements in southern Germany and N Italy
  • Science: Roger Bacon of England describes laws of reflection and refraction

Africa

  • Egypt: Mamluk commander Baybars takes over as sultan of Egypt - old sultan murdered

Asia

  • China: Khublai grandson of Genghis becomes Great Khan – elected by army at Shan-tu - start Yuan Dynasty
    End of Mongol wars with 300,000 dead

Europe

  • General: Bohemian-Hungarian Wars kill 2000
  • France: Chartres cathedral consecrated
  • Germany: Hanseatic League formed
  • Italy: Florentine Ghibellines defeat Guelphs at Montaperti
    Polo family sets out for China – 1 generation before Marco

Middle East

  • Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII becomes Byzanatine emperor
  • Iraq: End of Abbasid dynasty at Baghdad
  • Palestine: Battle of Ain Jalut – Mongols halted by Mamluks in Palestine



 
 
 
 
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