The world: 1370s

1370–1379

Events in this period 2

1. 1370 · Central Asia · Politics

   Founding of the Timurid Empire

   The Timurid Empire was a late medieval Turco-Mongol, culturally Persianate, Muslim empire that dominated Greater Iran in the early 15th century, comprising modern-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, much of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India, and Turkey. The empire had a syncretic culture and combined Turkic, Mongolic, and Persian influences, with the last members of the dynasty being regarded as "ideal Perso-Islamic rulers".

2. 1377 · Korea · Science

   Jikji

   Jikji (Korean: 직지심체요절) is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document whose title translates as "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings". Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type. UNESCO confirmed Jikji as the world's oldest book printed with movable metal type in September 2001 and inscribed it on the Memory of the World Register.

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Still under way

• Hundred Years' War1337 – 1453

Around the same time

• Mongol conquests1206 – 1368
• Black Death1346 – 1353
• Founding of Joseon1392
• Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca1324
• Founding of the Ming dynasty1368
• Ming treasure voyages1405 – 1433
• Tenochtitlan1325
• Ashikaga shogunate1336
• Ayutthaya Kingdom1351
• Battle of Kosovo1389
• Malacca Sultanate1400
• Battle of Ankara1402

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• War mapsHundred Years' War
• Inventions mapJikji