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Americas

Aztecs arise in Mesoamerica 
More centralized
Tributary system
Capital - Tenochitlan prosperous city. 

Incas Arise South America
Very centralized
Capital Cuzco (where great Inca)
Build Macchu Picchu 



Africa

Mali in West Africa

Prospering, Islamic

Mansa Musa - King - Pilgrimage to Mecca 






Asia

	Ming Dynasty 
(1368 - 1644)

Chinese Renaissance 
Zenith of Chinese Civilization. 





Europe

Calamaties of the 14th Century 

Little ice Age
Famine
Black Death (⅓ pop killed) 
Peasant Revolts (questioning feudalism life)
Great Schism (2 popes)
100 years war 
Mini holocaust (blamed Jews for plague) 
Rise in accusations of witchcraft
100 years war, France vs England, 1337 - 1453