Timeline 1400 BC/AD

1413-1387 BC

Institutions
-Lion Gate at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey) is made.
-Urnfield culture emerges

technology
-Development of Horse-drawn carriage
-Myceneans develop form of writing

governance
-Assyrians became very powerful.
-The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.
-Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt
-Crete conquered by Mycenae (approximately 1420s BC) — start of the Mycenaean period.
-Final collapse of palace at Knossos
-Ashur dominated by Hurrian kingdom

commerce
-Myceneans expand into Crete


1375 - 1413 AD

institutions
-The University of Würzburg, Germany is founded.
-The world's first quarantine station is built in Venice to quarantine against the Black Death.
-The University of Turin is founded.
-Foundation of St Andrews University in Scotland
-Bethlehem hospital in England
-Hospital de Sant Pau
-University of Würzburg
-University of Würzburg
-Forbidden City
-University of St Andrews
-Brancacci Chapel

technology
-The Kangnido map of the world is completed in Joseon Dynasty Korea.
-The Yongle Encyclopedia (then one of the world's earliest and largest known general encyclopedias) is commissioned by the --Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle.
-First written record of whiskey being consumed recorded in Ireland, where it was distilled by Catholic monks
-The geography of Ptolemy, an ancient Greek, is introduced in Europe

governance
-Epiphany Rising in England
-Medici family rises to power in Italy
-Political chaos in Germany
-The Great Schism of the papacy
-Rise of Aztec Empire
-Byzantine Empire falls to Ottomans
-Joan of Arc
-Inca Empire
-Council of Constance
-Portugese Empire

commerce
-Medici bank founded in Italy
-Age of Exploration
-Zheng He, Chinese explorer, sails to Africa
-Lizard Union
-Wonderful Parliament



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