The world: 1320s

1320–1329

Events in this period 2

1. 1324 · Africa · Economy

   Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca

   Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Musa's reign is often regarded as the zenith of Mali's power and prestige, although he features less in Mandinka oral traditions than his predecessors.

2. 1325 · North America · Politics

   Tenochtitlan

   Tenochtitlan, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. The city was built on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. The city was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Tlaxcaltec and the Spanish in 1521.

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Still under way

• Mongol conquests1206 – 1368

Around the same time

• Crusades1096 – 1291
• Hundred Years' War1337 – 1453
• Black Death1346 – 1353
• Founding of the Yuan dynasty1271
• Founding of the Ming dynasty1368
• Founding of the Timurid Empire1370
• Jikji1377
• Mongol invasions of Korea1231 – 1270
• Mongol invasions of Japan1274 – 1281
• Battle of Yamen1279
• Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288)1288
• Majapahit1293

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• War mapsMongol conquests