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1321| 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. | | 1321 | Byzantine Empire [churches and temples] | The restoration of the monastery of Christ of Chora (Kariye Camii) in Constantinople is completed, the walls decorated with mosaics and frescoes that are of the highest quality and among the finest examples of late Byzantine art. | | 14 September 1321 | Italy [births and deaths] | Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, prose writer, moral philosopher, and political theorist, author of Divina commedia/Divine Comedy, dies in Ravenna, Italy (56). |
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