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Figure Mali / West Africa leader

Mansa Musa

1280 CE – 1337 CE · 57 years

The ruler of the Mali Empire whose 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca flooded Cairo with gold and crashed the Egyptian economy for a decade — and who built Timbuktu into the greatest centre of Islamic learning in sub-Saharan Africa.

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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

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 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 1280 CE and 1337 CE.

1280 CE Wairau Bar 1280 CE Wieliczka Salt Mine 1282 CE War of the Sicilian Vespers 1293 CE Wars of Majapahit 1296 CE Wars of Scottish Independence 1296 CE Anglo–Scottish Wars

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Lighthouse of Alexandria Landmark · Middle East 280 BCE – 1323 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Polynesian Eastward Voyaging Trade route · Americas 700 CE – 1300 CE The Crusades Conflict · Middle East 1096 CE – 1291 CE Hampi Landmark · South Asia 1336 CE – 1565 CE Romania Polity · Europe Founded 1330 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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