Ryukyu Kingdom enters the Ming tribute system
1372
The island chain between Japan and Taiwan dispatched its first tribute mission to the Ming court, beginning a relationship that made tiny Ryukyu the most improbable trading hub in East Asia. Ryukyuan ships would carry Japanese silver south and Chinese silk north, their coral islands growing rich on the middleman trade.
In context
Also in 1372 (3 other events on record)
- Battle of La Rochelle: Castilian galleys destroy English fleet · Europe · War
- Acamapichtli becomes the first Aztec tlatoani · North America · Politics
- Ming forces fail to break the Mongol steppe · East Asia · War
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.