Peoples & MigrationThe 14th century

Peoples & Migration in the 14th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 14th century — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, all of it in 1300. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
1300
Latest
1300
Africa
2
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Equatorial Guinea

    Fang and Ndowe of Río Muni

    The Fang, a large Bantu people, settled the forests of the mainland enclave of Río Muni, while Ndowe and related coastal peoples — later grouped as Playeros — occupied the shoreline and mediated trade with the interior.

    Era: Peoples of the island and the mainland

    Sources: History of Equatorial Guinea · Encyclopædia Britannica, Equatorial Guinea · Encyclopedia.com, Equatorial Guinea — Background Note · U.S. Department of State

  2. Africa

    Ivory Coast

    Dyula merchants found northern trading towns

    Mandé-speaking Muslim merchants, the Dyula, established trading and Islamic centres such as Kong, Bondoukou, Bouna, and Begho, linking the rainforest to the markets of the Sahel.

    Era: The northern savannas, the Dyula, and the Empire of Kong

    Sources: History of Ivory Coast · Wikipedia, Kong Empire · Wikipedia, Korhogo · Encyclopædia Britannica

  3. Oceania

    New Zealand

    Polynesian voyagers settle Aotearoa

    The ancestors of the Māori reached New Zealand from East Polynesia in great voyaging canoes around 1300 CE, making it one of the last large landmasses on Earth to be permanently settled.

    Era: The Polynesian voyage and the making of the Māori world

    Sources: Pacific voyaging and discovery · NZ History (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), Māori arrival and settlement · Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, New Zealand (country) · Encyclopaedia Britannica