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Ongoing Timeline for 7th Grade Social Studies SFA
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The Mayan Civilization lived in Southern Mexico. They built cities and temples. The civilization dissapeared because of a lack of resourses.
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While the vikings failed in north america, their legacy reached europe through england. Viking were believed to reach north America 500 years before Cristopher Columbus.
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The Crusades were aseriesw of religious expeditionanary wars, goal is to restore Christian access to the holy places. Comprised military units of roman catholics all over Western Europe. Term "Crusade" is also used to describe religiously motivated campaigns between 1100 and 1600.
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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant traveler. He introduced Europeans to cental Asia and China.
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Renaissance began in Italy about 1350and in the rest of Europe after 1450, it lasted until about the 1620s. The Renaissance is a historical era. It has distanctive themes in learning such as, art and music.
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Aztec people were an ethnic group tht lived in Cental Mexico. They built a main city and named it "Tenochtitlan". The Valley of Mexico was the heart of the Aztec civilization. Spoke Nahuatl language.
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Inca civilization latsed for 300 years, From the 13th century to the 16th century. Had no written language so they pasted everything down generation to generation. Had own mathmatical system.Inca people believed that Europeans were desendants of the sun god.
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Christopher Columbus led three ships, nina, pinta, and the santa maria. They left the Spanish ports of palos on Augest 3rd, 1492. He was looking for a faster trading route to Asia. First time he set sail he hit the Caribean islands.
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With the Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal and Spain agreed on a line of demarcation. Happened in the 15th century.
