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Then, as you collect more wood or iron, in cabins and castles. You expand the colony from a primitive hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural hub, and maybe a grand little town. It takes grit and planning, of course. The player assigns jobs to colonists and schedules their days so they get enough sleep and leisure to stay healthy and happy.

One colonist farms cabbage while the other hauls it to the storeroom; a third cooks it into a hot meal while a well-fed fourth goes to chop down trees. You can sit back and watch your colonists succeed, toggling a couple switches every few minutes. Numbers go up. Over time, you unlock new systems—tailoring, preserving food, sword-smithing, and so on—that all require new resources and workflows.

Small or big disasters break up gratifying flow states. He is called Ivan and is the first of a dynasty of Russian kings. They conquer to the city of Burs, about fifty miles south of Constantinople. And Ottoman warriors cross into Thrace into Europe to plunder. The Ottoman sultan, Orhan, allies himself with one of the Christian contenders for the throne in Constantinople, John Cantacuzemus, and marries his daughter, Theodora.

It is to encourage shipbuilding. It is the end of the Capet dynasty and beginning of the Valois dynasty. Political unrest has been increasing. These warriors supporting the emperor are interested in redistributing feudal privileges and enlarging their land holdings. This marks the end of the Kamakura era — an era that began in the year Ashikaga Takauji leads the military men in turning against the emperor.

They capture the imperial city, Kyoto, and establish an amenable emperor from the northern faction of the royal family — the royal family having divided into factions, with Daigo from the southern faction. Ashikaga Takauji names himself the new shogun. The Ashikaga family is now to dominate the shogunate and to rule Japan from Kyoto. The Ashikaga family is to be superior in wealth but unable to dominate the whole of Japan without alliances — a source of future trouble.

The sultanate in Delhi is doing little to assist his subjects, and discontent has given rise to rebellion. Noticing successes among rebelling Muslims, some Hindus proclaim independence from Delhi rule. Edward retaliates by declaring that he is King of France — by right of birth and family connections. Philip responds by declaring Edward's fiefs in France forfeited. The Hundred Years' War is in the making. From fighting among Bengal's nobles, Malik Haji Ilyas has emerged victorious, and assumes the title of Sultan Shams-ud-din.

By now the mass of Bengal's population has converted to Islam, and Sufism is popular with Bengal's lowest class. Japan's shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, has been trying to control foreign trade. Commerce in Japan is increasing, and Ashikaga sends an official trading ship to China.

There, an emir another word for warlord takes power. Its crew members are dead or dying from bubonic plague. Around one-third of the people in affected areas are to die. Some are blaming the rich and some the Catholic Church. The belief in witchcraft is revitalized. Believing that the end of the world is at hand, some groups engage in frenzied bacchanals and orgies.

In the 14th century, a knightly duel usually consisted of three jousting courses and three blows and strokes exchanged with battle-axes, swords, and daggers. The number was extended to five towards the end of the century, and later it could be as high as ten or even twelve.

Medieval jousting took place on an open field, but, at some point in the 14th century, a cloth barrier or tilt was introduced as an option to separate the contestants. Its purpose was to prevent collisions and keep the combatants at an optimal angle for breaking the lance. During a jousting tournament, the horses were cared for by their grooms in their respective tents. Other forms of equipment on the horse included long-necked spurs.

The rider could control the horse with extended legs, a saddle with a high back to provide leverage during the charge or when hit, and stirrups for the necessary leverage to deliver blows with the lance. Tournament book. Chivalry developed as an early standard of professional ethics for knights. During medieval times, this grew from simple military professionalism into a social code including the values of gentility, nobility, and treating others reasonably.

Chivalry and religion were mutually influenced during the period of the Crusades, with clergy instituting religious vows which required knights to use their weapons chiefly for the protection of the weak and defenseless, especially women and orphans, and of churches. Medieval Cooks usually prepared their food over an open fire.

They sometimes shared communal ovens for everyone on the premises of a town. Messengers in the Middle Ages were lesser diplomats that carried out dangerous but prestigious activities. Medieval Britain.



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