Historical Figure
Ibn Battuta
Born: 1304 CE · Died: 1368 CE
Associated Events
Pandemic1346 CE – 1353 CE
Black Death
The bubonic plague pandemic devastated Eurasia and North Africa, killing an estimated 75–200 million people — roughly 30–60% of Europe's population — and fundamentally altering medieval society.
Kingdom1235 CE – 1600 CE
Kingdom of Mali
The Mali Empire was one of the largest and wealthiest empires in West African history, famed for Mansa Musa, whose 1324 hajj to Mecca distributed so much gold that it reportedly depressed gold prices across the Mediterranean for years.