14th Century - Significant People

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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