 ==africa== *ethiopian empire â baeda maryam i (1468&ndash;1478) **adal sultanate â shams ad-din ibn muhammad (1472&ndash;1487) *kingdom of kongo â joÃ£o i, manikongo (1470&ndash;1509) *songhai empire â sonni ali (1464&ndash;1492) ==americas== *aztec empire â axayacatl (1469&ndash;1481) *inca empire â tupac (1471&ndash;1493) *texcoco â nezahualpilli, king of texcoco (1472&ndash;1515) ==asia== *china (ming dynasty) - chenghua emperor (1464&ndash;1487) *japan (muromachi period) ** monarch â emperor go-tsuchimikado (1464&ndash;1500) ** ashikaga shogunate - ashikaga yoshimasa (1449&ndash;1473) *joseon (korea) â seongjong (1469&ndash;1494) *ryukyu kingdom â shÅ en (1470&ndash;1476) ==europe== *kingdom of aragon â john ii (1458&ndash;1479) *duchy of burgundy â charles i (1467&ndash;1477) *crown of castile â henry iv (1454&ndash;1474) *denmark and norway â christopher i, king of denmark (1448&ndash;1481), king of norway (1450&ndash;1481) *kingdom of england â (house of york) - edward iv (1461&ndash;1470 and 1471&ndash;1483) *kingdom of france (house of valois) - louis xi (1461&ndash;1483) *holy roman empire â frederick iii (1452&ndash;1493) **kingdom of bohemia â ladislaus ii (1471&ndash;1516) *kingdom of hungary â matthias corvinus (1458&ndash;1490) *polishâlithuanian union â casimir iv, grand prince of lithuania (1440&ndash;1492), king of poland (1447&ndash;1492) *ottoman (turkish) empire â mehmed ii, the conqueror, ottoman sultan (1451&ndash;1481) *kingdom of portugal and the algarves â afonso v (1438&ndash;1481) *russia - ivan iii the great, grand duke of muscovy (1462&ndash;1505) *kingdom of scotland â james iii (1460&ndash;1488) *kingdom of sweden â sten sture the elder, sten sture the elder, regent (1470&ndash;1497, 1501&ndash;1503) ==middle east and north africa== *kingdom of cyprus â james ii (1464&ndash;1473) *mamluk sultanate of egypt â
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