Rashid al-Din's Compendium of Chronicles
An Ilkhanid vizier writes the first history of the world
Rashid al-Din, vizier of the Ilkhanate, compiled for Ghazan and Öljaitü a vast history of the Mongols, Turks, Chinese, Indians, Jews and 'Franks', often called the first world history. Illustrated copies were produced in workshops in Tabriz. It is the main source on Genghis Khan and his descendants.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 1300 Onset of the Little Ice Age — 7 years earlier
- 1309–1377 Avignon Papacy — 2 years later
- 1315–1317 Great Famine — 8 years later
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 17 years later
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 20 years later
Asia
- 1293 Founding of Majapahit — 14 years earlier
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 18 years later
Alive at the time
- Marco Polo (aged 53)
- Dante Alighieri (aged 42)
- Edward I Longshanks (aged 68)
- Osman I (aged 49)
- Philip IV the Fair (aged 39)
- Mansa Musa (aged 27)
- Orhan (aged 26)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 19)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 19)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 3)