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Events relating to asia
With the fall of Hangzhou, the Song imperial capital, Kublai Khan's new Yüan dynasty is secure
The Tibetan link with the Mongols brings Tibet within the Chinese empire of Kublai Khan
For the second time Japan is saved from Mongol invasion by powerful storms - which are given the name kamikaze, or 'divine wind'
Osman inherits the leadership of the tribal group later known by a version of his name, as the Ottoman Turks
The formalities of the Tea Ceremony demand equivalently exquisite wares from the Japanese potters
Tabriz under the Mongol Il-khans is the first centre of Persian miniature painting
The Knights Templars withdraw from the island of Arwad, the last foothold of the crusaders in the Middle East
A Hindu empire in southern India is established with its capital at Vijayanagara, meaning 'city of victory'
A new dynasty, the Ashikaga shogunate, comes into power after a member of the family, Takauji, wins a civil war
The first Dalai Lama dies in 1338 and is discovered to have been reincarnated in a boy born in 1340
The plague which later becomes known as the Black Death makes its first appearance in China
Udiana Deva, the last Hindu ruler of Kashmir, is murdered by his Muslim prime minister
Turkish tribes, besieging Genoese merchants in Caffa, lob the corpses of plague victims over the town walls and thus spread the Black Death
The classic Chinese underglaze blue is perfected in the imperial ceramic factory at Jingdezhen
Gallipoli is taken by the Ottoman Turks, giving them their first foothold in Europe
Chu Yüan-chang, leader of a peasant band, makes his headquarters in a town which he renames Nanking - 'southern capital'
Chu Yüan-chang drives the Mongols out of Beijing and declares a new dynasty - the Ming (meaning 'brilliant')
On the fall of the Yuan dynasty, replaced by the Ming, Tibet declares its independence from China
The Persian poet Hafiz perfects a form of short poem, the ghazal, dwelling on the pleasures of life with an undercurrent of Sufi mysticism
Kanami and Zeami Motokiyo please the shogun with their theatrical performance, and his patronage begins the tradition of Japan's No theatre
Koreans establish the first type foundry, casting movable type in bronze
Timur begins twenty years of almost continuous conquest with the capture and destruction of Herat
Yi Song-gye founds the Yi dynasty, which rules in Korea until the twentieth century
The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto is built by the shogun Yoshimitsu as his own villa
Timur devastates Delhi and loots treasure to take back to Samarkand on 120 elephants
