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1333| 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. | | 1333 | China [famines] | The onset of famines, which persist until 1347, and the flooding of the Yellow River combine to ruin the Chinese economy and further weaken the Yüan (Mongol) dynasty. | | 1333 | China [plagues and epidemics] | The Black Death (a combination of bubonic and pneumonic plagues) appears in China, afflicting a population weakened by starvation. It will be spread in the West by travellers and merchants returning from the Far East to Europe. | | 1333 | Japan [wars] | Go-Daigo, assisted by the great feudatory Ashikaga Takauji, defeats the Hojo regency and establishes himself as emperor of Japan. The Hojos are extinguished and the effective Japanese capital is removed from Kamakura and restored to Kyoto. |
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