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14th Century historical figures
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Ibn Battuta
Explorer & scholar
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Johannes Gutenberg
Inventor & printer
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Ibn Khaldun
Historian & scholar
Zheng He
Admiral and diplomat
Casimir III the Great
King of Poland
Timur
Founder of the Timurid Empire
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Cosimo de' Medici
Banker & de facto ruler of Florence
Filippo Brunelleschi
Architect & engineer
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Donatello
Sculptor
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Jan van Eyck
Painter
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