Editing 1312 (section)

===Europe===
* [[Battle of Amorgos (1312)|Battle of Amorgos]]: A Knights Hospitaller fleet intercepts and destroys a Turkish fleet near the island of [[Amorgos]]. During the battle, all 23 Turkish ships are burnt.<ref>Lock Peter (2013). ''The Routledge Companion to the Crusades'', p. 125. Routledge. {{ISBN|9781135131371}}.</ref>
* Winter &ndash; [[Battle of Gallipoli (1312)|Battle of Gallipoli]]: A combined Byzantine-Serbian force (supported by a Genoese fleet) defeats the [[Turcopole]]s (some 2,000 men) at [[Gallipoli]].<ref>Nicol, Donald M (1993). ''The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453'', p. 139. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-43991-6}}.</ref>

==== Middle East ====
* [[Öljaitü]] of the [[Ilkhanate]] briefly raids into [[Syria]], with [[Siege of Al-Rahba]]. He withdraws in the same year, ending the [[Mongol invasions of the Levant]]<ref>J.J. Saunders, "History of the Mongol Conquests," page 144</ref><ref>Josef W. Meri, "Medieval Islamic Civilization," page 573</ref>

==== Africa ====
* [[Mansa Musa]] becomes ruler of the [[Mali Empire]], guiding his realm through its prosperous years, enhancing trade, expanding borders and sponsoring mosques (approximate date).
* The [[Canary Islands]] are "rediscovered" by [[Lancelotto Malocello]], Genoese navigator, who sails to [[Lanzarote]], and remains there for almost two decades.<ref>Bernard Grun, ''The Timetables of History'', p. 185. Simon & Schuster, 3rd ed, 1991. {{ISBN|0671749196}}.</ref>