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Figure Morocco / Global explorer

Ibn Battuta

1304 CE – 1368 CE · 64 years

The extraordinary life of the Moroccan scholar who spent 29 years wandering from Tangier to China, covering 75,000 miles across 44 modern countries — and whose Rihla remains the greatest travel narrative of the medieval world.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Conflict

Great Troubles of the Golden Horde

1359 CE – 1381 CE

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Dante Alighieri

1265 CE – 1321 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Chagatai Khanate

1225 CE – 1687 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1304 CE and 1368 CE.

1310 CE Basilica of St. Anthony 1321 CE Dom Tower of Utrecht 1325 CE Templo Mayor 1325 CE Tenochtitlán Market 1333 CE Himeji Castle 1336 CE Vijayanagara Empire Wars

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Lighthouse of Alexandria Landmark · Middle East 280 BCE – 1323 CE Romania Polity · Europe Founded 1330 CE · attested to 2026 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Hundred Years' War Conflict · Europe 1337 CE – 1453 CE Hampi Landmark · South Asia 1336 CE – 1565 CE Ilkhanate Polity · Middle East 1256 CE – 1335 CE
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