Dante, Chaucer and up to the Global 14th Century
These writers are rarely seen side by side:
Italy: Dante – Divine Comedy
England: Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
China: Romance of the three Kingdoms
Japan: The Tale of the Heike
North Africa: Ibn Khaldun, Muquaddimah
Big question: How do civilizations tell the story of themselves?

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