The 14th Century: A Time of Big Changes!

The 14th century was a super long time ago, from the year 1301 all the way to 1400. That's like a whole 100 years! Think of it like a really, really long school year, but instead of learning math, people were dealing with big wars and even bigger sicknesses.

It was a time when the world felt like it was changing super fast, with new kingdoms popping up and old ones shaking apart. It was a bit like a rollercoaster, with exciting highs and scary lows!

One of the scariest things that happened was called the Black Death. It was a sickness that spread like wildfire and made millions of people very sick. In Europe, it was so bad that it sadly took away about one-third of all the people!

That's like if everyone in your town, except for one out of every three people, got sick. It was a terrible time, and it made people rethink how they lived and how important it was to stay healthy. It was a huge, sad event that changed Europe forever.

While all that sickness was happening, there were also big fights between countries. In Europe, England and France were having a super long war called the Hundred Years' War. Imagine a game of tag that lasted for 100 years!

Kings and knights were a big deal back then, and this was a time when people thought knights were super cool and brave. This war helped England and France start to feel like their own separate countries, with their own special ways of doing things.

But it wasn't all bad news! Far away in Africa, a king named Mansa Musa was super rich, like the richest person ever! He had so much gold, it was unbelievable.

In a place called Mexico, people called the Mexica built a brand new city called Tenochtitlan, which was built on an island in a lake. It was like building a whole city on a giant playground! This century also saw the start of amazing art and learning in Italy, called the Renaissance, which means 'rebirth'.