Significant People
- Ibn Battuta, Berber Muslim traveler (1304–1368/1377)
- Chen Youliang, Chinese rebel leader and arch nemesis to Zhu Yuanzhang (aka Emperor Hongwu)
- Jiao Yu, Chinese general and author of the Huolongjing military treatise
- Liu Ji, a Chinese general, court advisor, philosopher, and co-editor of the Huolongjing
- William of Ockham, English Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1285–1347)
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