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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
The peasants of England started the crusades with Muslims to recover the Holy Land. -
Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo
Marco Polo meets Kublai Kahn in China. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1499
Asian contact
Desire for contact with Asia. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1499
Caravel
Caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind. -
Jan 1, 1419
Navigation school founded
Prince Henry founds the navigation school. -
Jan 1, 1460
Trading posts
Portuguese have trading posts along West coast of Africa. -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias
Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa. -
Mar 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Spanish Columbus tries to find fast route to Asia but finds Americas instead. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Pope divides Americas between Spain and Portugal. -
May 1, 1498
De Gama
Vasco de Gama sails to India. -
Jul 1, 1499
De Gama
Vasco de Gama returns to Portugal with valuable cargo. -
Jan 1, 1509
Muslim defeat
Portugal defeats Muslims and takes over India trade. -
Jan 1, 1510
Goa captured
Portugal captured Goa, a port city in India. -
Apr 1, 1511
Portugal
Portugal seizes Malacca. -
Dutch ships
The Dutch have more ships (20,000) than any other nation. -
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Move to Asia
The English and Dutch begin to move into Asia -
Dutch trade
Dutch set up trade headquarters at Batavia.
