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-	"[[Abandon all hope, you who enter here]]"--''[[Divine Comedy]]'' (1320) by Dante	+
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-	As a means of recording the passage of [[time]], the '''14th century''' was the [[century]] which lasted from [[1301]] to [[1400]]. The book ''[[A Distant Mirror]]'' (1978) by Barbara Tuchman, described some aspects of 14th century Europe.	+
-	==Events==	+
-	* The transition from the [[Medieval Warm Period]] to the [[Little Ice Age]].	+
-	* Beginning of the [[Ottoman Empire]], early expansion into the [[Balkans]].	+
-	* Early 14th century - Attributed to Kao Ninga ''Monk Sewing'' is made. [[Kamakura period]]. It is now kept at The [[Cleveland Museum of Art]].	+
-	* The [[Avignon papacy]] transfers the seat of the Popes from [[Italy]] to [[France]]	+
-	* The [[Great Famine of 1315-1317]] kills millions of people in [[Europe]]	+
-	* Forced out of previous locations, the [[Aztec|Mexica]] found the city of [[Tenochtitlan]] in [[1325]]	+
-	* The death of the [[Ilkhan]] [[Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty)|Abu Said]] in 1335, causing the disintegration of the Mongol rule in Persia.	+
-	* [[Battle of Kosovo]] in 1389 between Serbs and Ottoman Turks, [[Prince Lazar]], sultan [[Murat I]] and [[Miloš Obilić]] were killed	+
-	* The [[Vijayanagara Empire]] is founded in [[South India]] by [[Harihara]] in [[1336]]	+
-	* The [[Hundred Years' War]] begins when [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] of [[England]] lays claim to the [[France|French]] throne in [[1337]].	+
-	* [[Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars]] begin	+
-	* French recruit troops and ships in [[Genoa]], [[Monaco]] and [[Nice]]. ([[1345]]–[[1346]])	+
-	* [[Black Death]] kills around a third of the population of Europe. ([[1347]]–[[1351]]).	+
-	* Mid-14th century – Bottle, from [[Syria]], is made. It is now kept at [[Freer Gallery of Art]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Washington, D.C.]]	+
-	* The [[Battle of Lake Poyang]], a naval conflict between [[China|Chinese]] rebel groups led by [[Chen Youliang]] and [[Zhu Yuanzhang]], took place in August to October of [[1363]], and was one of the [[Largest naval battle in history|largest naval battles in history]].	+
-	* The end of [[Mongol]] [[Yuan Dynasty]] in [[China]] and the beginning of the [[Ming Dynasty]] ([[1368]])	+
-	* The [[Lollardy]] movement rises in [[England]]	+
-	* The [[Western Schism|Great Schism of the West]] begins in [[1378]], eventually leading to 3 simultaneous [[pope]]s.	+
-	* An account of [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]'s life, translated earlier into Greek by [[St John of Damascus]] and widely circulated to [[Christianity|Christians]] as the story of [[Saint Barlaam|Barlaam]] and [[Josaphat (saint)|Josaphat]], became so popular Buddha (under the name Josaphat) was made a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[saint]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}	+
-	* [[Singapore]] emerges for the first time as a fortified city and trading centre of some importance.	+
-	* Reunification of [[Poland]] under [[Ladislaus I|Ladislaus I of Poland]]	+
-	* [[Ciompi Revolt]] in [[Florence]]	+
-	* [[Peasants' Revolt]] in England	+
-	* [[Islam]] reaches [[Terengganu]], on the [[Malay Peninsula]].	+
-	* The [[Hausa people|Hausa]] found several [[city-state]]s in the south of modern [[Niger]].	+
-	* The [[Mali Empire]] expands westward and conquers [[Tekrur]].	+
-	* The poet [[Petrarch]] coins the term [[Dark Ages]] to describe the preceding 900 years in [[Europe]], beginning with the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire]] in [[476]] through to the renewal embodied in the [[Renaissance]].	+
-	* The Scots win the [[Scottish Wars of Independence]].	+
-	* [[Union of Krewo]] between [[Poland]] and [[Lithuania]].(1385)	+
-	* Work begins on the Great Enclosure at [[Great Zimbabwe]], built of un-cemented, dressed stone. The city's population is now between 10,000 and 40,000.	+
-	* Beginning of the [[Renaissance]] in Italy	+
-	* The [[Kalmar Union]] is established in [[1397]], uniting [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and [[Denmark]] into one kingdom.	+
-	* Foundation of [[Tenochtitlan]], [[Aztec]] capital city, in the [[valley of Mexico]].	+
-	* [[Iwan]] vault, [[Jamé Mosque of Isfahan]], [[Isfahan]], [[Persia]] ([[Iran]]), is built.	+
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-	*[[Giotto di Bondone]], Italian painter (c. [[1267]]–[[1337]])	+
-	*[[Simone Martini]], Italian painter ([[1284]] – c. [[1344]])	+
-	*[[Stephen of Perm]], Russian icon painter ([[1340]]–[[1396]])	+
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-	===Literature===	+
-	* [[Dante Alighieri]], Italian poet and writer ([[1265]]–[[1321]]).	+
-	* [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], Italian author ([[1313]]–[[1375]]).	+
-	*[[Geoffrey Chaucer]] (c. [[1343]]–[[1400]]?) was an [[England|English]] [[author]], [[poet]], [[philosopher]], [[Bureaucracy|bureaucrat]], [[Noble court|courtier]] and [[diplomat]].	+
-	* [[Hafez]] Persian poet (c. [[1310]]–[[1379]]).	+
-	*[[William Langland]] (ca. [[1332]] – ca. [[1386]]) is the conjectured [[author]] of the [[England|English]] [[dream-vision]] ''[[Piers Plowman]]''.	+
-	* [[Guillaume de Machaut]], French composer and poet (c. [[1300]]–[[1377]]).	+
-	* Francesco [[Petrarch]], Italian poet and writer ([[1304]]–[[1374]]).	+
-	* [[Christine de Pizan]], French writer ([[1364]]–[[1430]]).	+
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-	==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==	+
-	*[[Time line of historic inventions#14th century|List of 14th century inventions]]	+
-	* First real handgun in the world invented in [[Florence]] 11 Feb 1326.<ref>http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/gun/firstgun.htm</ref>	+
-	* Music of the [[Ars nova]]	+
-	* The technique of [[knitting]]	+
-	* Foundation of the [[University of Cracow]]	+
-	* Chinese text the ''[[Huolongjing]]'' by [[Jiao Yu]] describes [[fire lance]]s, [[fire arrow]]s ([[rocket]]s), [[Multiple rocket launcher|rocket launcher]]s, [[land mine]]s, [[naval mine]]s, [[bombard]]s, [[cannon]]s, and hollow [[cast iron]] [[Round shot|cannonball]]s filled with [[gunpowder]], and their use to set ablaze enemy camps.	+
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