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1448| 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. | | 1448 | Flanders [painting] | The Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden paints The Last Judgement Altarpiece. | | 2 February 1448 | Papal States, Italy, Germany, Holy Roman Empire [diplomacy] | Envoys of Pope Nicholas V conclude the Concordat of Vienna with Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg, and other German princes. In return for the right to exercise some papal powers in their territories, they abandon the General Council of Basel. | | 17 October 1448 | Hungary, Ottoman Empire [wars] | The Ottoman sultan Murad II defeats János Hunyadi, Voivode (governor) of Transylvania, at the second Battle of Kosovo Polje in Serbia and thus regains control of the Balkans, excluding Albania. |
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