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1374| 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. 1374 | England [Christianity] | The English mystic Julian of Norwich writes the first version of her Revelations of Divine Love, a record of her visions. She writes a second longer version c. 1400. | | c. 1374 | Japan [historical study] | The Japanese novel Taiheiki, possibly by the priest Kojima, is completed. It describes the civil wars of the period from 1318 to 1367. | | 19 July 1374 | Italy [births and deaths] | Petrarch (Petrarca), Italian poet whose work was a major influence on the growth of Renaissance poetry, dies in Arqua, near Padua, Carrara (70). |
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