Founding of the Ming dynasty
Mongols expelled — a native dynasty rules China again
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Rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang drove out the Mongols and proclaimed the Ming dynasty with its capital at Nanjing. The Ming ruled China for nearly three centuries, rebuilding the Great Wall and raising the Forbidden City in Beijing.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 21 years earlier
- 1385 Union of Krewo — 17 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo — 12 years later
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 32)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 64)
- Edward III (aged 56)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 54)
- Charles IV (aged 52)
- Murad I (aged 42)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 36)
- Dmitry Donskoy (aged 18)
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (aged 10)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 8)