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Murad I becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He establishes an elite corps of soldiers known as the Janissaries, comprised of prisoners of war and Christian youths. They achieve great power until they are eliminated in 1826—massacred in their barracks.
Mari Jata II becomes the mansa of the Mali Empire in West Africa. He rules until 1374.
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