- Asia
The Durbar squares and Newar art
Malla patronage produces the palace squares, pagoda temples and stupas later recognised as the seven monument zones of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site.
Era: The Malla City-States and the Valley of Art
Sources: Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Africa
Compilation of the Kebra Nagast
The national epic the Kebra Nagast is set down in Ge'ez, codifying the Solomonic descent of Ethiopia's emperors and the tradition of the Ark of the Covenant at Aksum.
Era: The Zagwe Kings, Lalibela and the Solomonic Restoration
Sources: Solomonic Descent in Ethiopian History · World History Encyclopedia
- Africa
Timbuktu and Djenné flourish
Under Mali's mansas the Niger cities grow into major centres of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship, attracting merchants and scholars.
Era: The Mali Empire
Sources: Timbuktu — World Heritage Centre · UNESCO, The Mali Empire · National Geographic Education
- Africa
Ibn Battuta visits Mogadishu
The traveller Ibn Battuta describes Mogadishu as a large, prosperous Muslim trading city, attesting to the wealth of the Benadir coast in the medieval Indian Ocean world.
Era: Islam, the Coastal City-States and the Adal Sultanate
Sources: History of Somalia · Wikipedia, Somali maritime history · Wikipedia
- Europe
Foundation of Charles University
Charles IV founded the university in Prague that bears his name, the first university in central Europe, endowed with the same rights and liberties as the universities of Paris and Bologna.
Era: The Golden Age of Bohemia under Charles IV
Sources: Charles University · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Historic Centre of Prague · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Oceania
The Māori world takes shape
Settlers adapted to a temperate land and developed the distinct Māori culture of iwi and hapū, organised by whakapapa and rangatira and expressed through carving, weaving, and the working of pounamu.
Era: The Polynesian voyage and the making of the Māori world
Sources: Māori arrival and settlement · Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, New Zealand (country) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Building of Charles Bridge and Gothic Prague
Charles IV laid the foundation of the stone bridge over the Vltava and advanced St Vitus Cathedral and the New Town, creating the Gothic core of Prague later recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Era: The Golden Age of Bohemia under Charles IV
Sources: Historic Centre of Prague · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Charles IV, Holy Roman emperor · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Asia
Timur makes Samarkand his capital
The conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) builds a Timurid empire centred on Samarkand, whose courts become renowned centres of Persianate art, science and architecture.
Era: Turkic, Mongol and Bukharan Rule
Sources: History of Tajikistan · Encyclopædia Britannica
- Asia
The Bibi-Khanym mosque and Timurid Samarkand
Timur summons artisans from across his conquests to build the monumental Bibi-Khanym mosque and other masterpieces, making Samarkand one of the great cities of the medieval world.
Era: The Mongol Storm and the Empire of Timur
Sources: Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures — World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Timur — Biography, Conquests, Empire & Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Culture & IdeasThe 14th century
Culture & Ideas in the 14th century
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 14th century — 9 of them, drawn from 8 nations, running from 1300 to 1399. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 9
- Nations
- 8
- Earliest
- 1300
- Latest
- 1399
- Africa
- 3
- Asia
- 3
- Europe
- 2
- Oceania
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.