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1318| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | c. 1318 | Rome [births and deaths] | Urban V, Italian pope whose election caused the French cardinals to establish the antipope, born in Naples (–1389). | | 1318 | Italy [Christianity] | Members of the ‘Spirituals’, an Italian group of Franciscans who insist on a strict interpretation of the beliefs of Saint Francis, are burnt at the stake in the persecution of this branch of the Franciscans ordered by Pope John XXII in 1318. | | 1318 | Georgia [administration] | George V becomes sole king of a newly unified Georgia. | | 5 May 1318 | Scotland, England [Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296–1371)] | Robert I the Bruce, King of Scotland, raids as far as Ripon in England, exacting tribute. | | 14 October 1318 | Ireland, England [Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296–1371)] | Edward Bruce, King of Ireland, is defeated and killed by an Anglo-Irish force under John de Bermingham at Faughard, near Dundalk, Ireland. |
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