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The crusades combined the ideas of the holy war and pilgrimage to produce the concept of "indulgence"
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End of the Crusades
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Marco Polo meets Kublai Kahn in China
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Desire for contact with asia
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caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind
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Prince Henry founds navigation school
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Portuguese having trading posts along west coast of Africa
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Dias sails around southern tip of Africa
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Spanish Colombus tries to find fast route to Asia but finds America instead.
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Pope divides Americas between Spain and Portugal
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Vasco da gama sails india
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Returns to portugal with valuable cargo
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Portugal captures Goa, port city in India
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Portugal seizes malacca.
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Dutch have ships (20,000) than any other nation
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Dutch set up trade headquarters at Batavia
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English and Dutch begin moving into Asia
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Portugal defeats Muslims and takes over India trade
